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EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Environment65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "ecosystem"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163093Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+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 “EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (402 for, 95 against, 57 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

402

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

307 votes

Turnout (cast)

554

Absent

151

Participation rate

78.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 3Absent 50

S&D136 MEPs

For 93Against 8Abstain 4Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 3Abstain 6Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 2Against 56Abstain 2Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 10Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 5Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Spain45
Italy44
France42
Poland24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Finland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 22Abstain 3Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 24Abstain 0Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 3Abstain 5Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 1Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 23Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 5Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

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