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Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Directive) ***I

Vote ID 167486Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Directive) ***I”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (336 for, 242 against, 33 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

336

Against

242

Abstain

Margin of victory

94 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 25Against 109Abstain 18Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 110Against 5Abstain 2Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 13Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 11Against 40Abstain 5Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 48Abstain 1Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 15Abstain 3Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany46
Spain46
France44
Italy35
Belgium15

Most against

Poland37
Hungary11
Sweden11
Czech Republic10
Bulgaria8

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 20Abstain 6Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 44Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 22Abstain 1Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 11Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 37Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 1Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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