← Votes·2024-03-12

Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 ***I

Transport64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "railway"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 166227Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (565 for, 14 against, 37 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

565

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

551 votes

Turnout (cast)

616

Absent

Participation rate

87.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 55Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 9Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 8Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 15Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France68
Italy64
Spain50
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 11Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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