← Votes·2023-11-09

EU/Madagascar Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Implementing Protocol (2023-2027)

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 159771Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “EU/Madagascar Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Implementing Protocol (2023-2027)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (513 for, 43 against, 38 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

513

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

470 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

108

Participation rate

84.6%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 1Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Renew100 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 25Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 7Abstain 1Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 5Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Spain50
Poland45
France44
Italy44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 20Abstain 1Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 8Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 18Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland49 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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