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Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives

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 162968Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives”. EPP, S&D, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. ECR, PfE and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (371 for, 92 against, 92 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

371

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

279 votes

Turnout (cast)

555

Absent

150

Participation rate

78.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 1Absent 49

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 7Abstain 1Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 4Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 2Against 54Abstain 4Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 28Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 36Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 5Abstain 5Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 16Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain46
Germany39
Italy34
France30
Romania20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Finland
Germany
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 16Abstain 21Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 30Abstain 3Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 15Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 25Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 2Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

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