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Impact of illegal fishing on food security – the role of the European Union

Agriculture66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "food security"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Fisheries66%

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fishing"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163054Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓High participation

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Impact of illegal fishing on food security – the role of the European Union”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (542 for, 5 against, 3 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

542

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

537 votes

Turnout (cast)

550

Absent

155

Participation rate

78.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 49

S&D136 MEPs

For 103Against 3Abstain 0Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

PfE64 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 2Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France65
Spain52
Italy51
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs