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Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO): Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Protocol

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Trade65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "wto"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154241Source: 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 national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO): Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Protocol”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (593 for, 7 against, 43 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

593

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

586 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

91.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 2Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 23Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 3Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 10Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany88
France69
Spain51
Italy48
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 22Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

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