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Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 151570Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (408 for, 66 against, 44 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

408

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

342 votes

Turnout (cast)

518

Absent

187

Participation rate

73.5%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 129Against 1Abstain 0Absent 49

S&D136 MEPs

For 86Against 1Abstain 9Absent 40

Renew100 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 3Absent 26

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 5Against 40Abstain 14Absent 12

PfE65 MEPs

For 42Against 7Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR64 MEPs

For 35Against 6Abstain 6Absent 17

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 8Absent 16

The Left37 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 4Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy46
Poland41
France40
Germany39
Spain28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 40Against 8Abstain 2Absent 29

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 27Abstain 15Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 7Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 2Abstain 2Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 2Absent 28

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

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