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Conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna: conservation and management measures

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Vote ID 152282Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna: conservation and management measures”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (589 for, 5 against, 5 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

589

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

584 votes

Turnout (cast)

599

Absent

106

Participation rate

85.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 0Abstain 1Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE65 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 3Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany88
France68
Italy60
Spain51
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

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