← Votes·2024-01-17

Building a comprehensive European port strategy

Vote ID 163095Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Building a comprehensive European port strategy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (585 for, 21 against, 26 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

585

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

564 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 7Abstain 7Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 10Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France71
Italy63
Spain52
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 71Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 3Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 11Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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