← Votes·2024-03-12

Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles ***I

Vote ID 166277Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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”. Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (276 for, 303 against, 34 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

276

Against

303

Abstain

Margin of victory

27 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

Participation rate

87.0%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 27 votes. 92 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (92) was larger than the 27-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 18Against 129Abstain 7Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 38Against 84Abstain 2Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 40Against 43Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 36Against 20Abstain 4Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 34Against 11Abstain 10Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 12Abstain 10Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France72
Italy51
Poland28
Austria13
Slovakia7

Most against

Germany47
Spain45
Romania22
Netherlands21
Bulgaria16

Divided delegations

Belgium
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Lithuania
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 47Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 4Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 4Abstain 9Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 5Against 21Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 28Against 18Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 10Against 45Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

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