← Votes·2023-11-23

The revised Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Vote ID 162049Source: 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+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 (259 for, 275 against, 10 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

259

Against

275

Abstain

Margin of victory

16 votes

Turnout (cast)

544

Absent

158

Participation rate

77.5%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 16 votes. 158 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (158) was larger than the 16-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 38 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
EPPhad 37 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
NIhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
Renewhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 16)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (24 absent)Italy (23 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 133Against 8Abstain 1Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 95Abstain 2Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 11Against 72Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR64 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 3Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 55Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 17Abstain 1Absent 18

The Left36 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany41
Poland36
Italy33
Romania13
Czech Republic10

Most against

France44
Spain33
Portugal14
Belgium12
Sweden10

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 3Absent 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 23Against 44Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 31Abstain 0Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 20Abstain 0Absent 23

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 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 36Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 17Against 33Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

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