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Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles ***I

Vote ID 166073Source: 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
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 “Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (330 for, 207 against, 74 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

330

Against

207

Abstain

Margin of victory

123 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

Participation rate

86.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 127Against 14Abstain 13Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 11Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 48Against 30Abstain 4Absent 18

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 33Against 6Abstain 20Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 26Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 8Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany48
Spain41
Poland38
Romania20
Netherlands19

Most against

France69
Austria13

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 1Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 9Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 2Against 69Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 38Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 17Against 12Abstain 34Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 38Against 2Abstain 5Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 10Abstain 4Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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