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The revised Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Vote ID 162048Source: 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (261 for, 274 against, 11 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

261

Against

274

Abstain

Margin of victory

13 votes

Turnout (cast)

546

Absent

156

Participation rate

77.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 13 votes. 156 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (156) was larger than the 13-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 38 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
S&Dhad 38 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
NIhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
Renewhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
Greens-EFAhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
PfEhad 14 absent MEPs (margin was 13)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (23 absent)Italy (22 absent)Netherlands (15 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 8Abstain 3Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 3Against 95Abstain 0Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 11Against 73Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR64 MEPs

For 51Against 2Abstain 3Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 55Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 1Absent 17

The Left36 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany41
Italy38
Poland36
Romania14
Austria7

Most against

France44
Spain34
Portugal14
Belgium13
Sweden10

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 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 7Against 7Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 24Against 44Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 32Abstain 0Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 16Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 36Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 11Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 17Against 34Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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