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Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act) ***I

Digital Policy66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "electronic communication"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168328Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Digital
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks (Gigabit Infrastructure Act) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (594 for, 7 against, 15 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

594

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

587 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 153Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 7Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 3Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany87
France71
Italy60
Spain54
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 71Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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