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Small modular reactors

Vote ID 162205Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Small modular reactors”. EPP, Renew, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (409 for, 173 against, 31 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

409

Against

173

Abstain

Margin of victory

236 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

Participation rate

87.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 8Abstain 5Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 37Against 66Abstain 16Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 82Against 1Abstain 2Absent 15

ECR65 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 3Against 54Abstain 3Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 4Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 2Against 30Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Poland44
Germany43
Italy43
Romania26

Most against

Austria16
Portugal10
Ireland6

Divided delegations

Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 22Abstain 1Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 39Abstain 1Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 19Abstain 1Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 5Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 5Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 4Absent 4

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