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Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction ***

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Vote ID 168630Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (556 for, 36 against, 38 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

556

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

520 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 30Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 21Against 26Abstain 5Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 3Abstain 1Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France56
Italy56
Spain54
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 18Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 23Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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