← Votes·2023-05-09

Co-management of fisheries in the EU

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 154612Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 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+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 “Co-management of fisheries in the EU”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (583 for, 10 against, 33 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

583

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

573 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 5Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 12Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 5Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France70
Italy65
Spain48
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 1Abstain 12Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

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