← Votes·2024-11-28

Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments

Vote ID 170733Source: 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
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments”. EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (289 for, 266 against, 19 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

289

Against

266

Abstain

Margin of victory

23 votes

Turnout (cast)

574

Absent

149

Participation rate

79.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 23 votes. 149 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (149) was larger than the 23-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 48 absent MEPs (margin was 23)

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

EPP188 MEPs

For 122Against 16Abstain 2Absent 48

S&D135 MEPs

For 6Against 106Abstain 0Absent 23

ECR82 MEPs

For 61Against 2Abstain 3Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 50Against 9Abstain 6Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 10Against 48Abstain 2Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 28Abstain 2Absent 13

ESN26 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 2Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
France41
Poland31
Spain27
Romania13

Most against

Italy29
Netherlands14
Austria11
Finland9
Sweden9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

France82 MEPs

For 41Against 36Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 35Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 29Abstain 3Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 31Against 14Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 4Absent 2

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