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

Vote ID 167833Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Directive) ***I”. EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (309 for, 301 against, 10 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

309

Against

301

Abstain

Margin of victory

8 votes

Turnout (cast)

620

Absent

Participation rate

87.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 8 votes. 85 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (85) was larger than the 8-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
S&Dhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
PfEhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
Renewhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
NIhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 8)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (17 absent)Romania (15 absent)

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 147Against 6Abstain 3Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 9Against 112Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 26Against 65Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 65Abstain 1Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 0Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 18Abstain 4Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 30Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Poland38
Italy33
Spain28
Netherlands16

Most against

France45
Denmark12
Portugal12
Romania10
Greece8

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 44Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 3Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 26Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 38Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 28Against 28Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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