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The revised Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Vote ID 162046Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “The revised Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators”. EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (264 for, 270 against, 14 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

264

Against

270

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

548

Absent

154

Participation rate

78.1%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 154 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (154) was larger than the 6-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 37 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
S&Dhad 37 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Renewhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
NIhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Greens-EFAhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
PfEhad 14 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Lefthad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
ECRhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 6)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (23 absent)Italy (22 absent)Netherlands (15 absent)France (11 absent)Hungary (11 absent)Greece (10 absent)Romania (7 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 130Against 9Abstain 3Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 5Against 92Abstain 2Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 18Against 66Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 55Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 6Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 19Abstain 2Absent 16

The Left36 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland36
Germany34
Italy32
Romania13
Netherlands11

Most against

France42
Spain32
Portugal13
Belgium12
Denmark9

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 31Abstain 8Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 22Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 36Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 18Against 32Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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