← Votes·2024-11-28

Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments

Vote ID 170736Source: 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+4 / 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 “Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments”. EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (286 for, 280 against, 18 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

286

Against

280

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

584

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 139 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (139) was larger than the 6-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 47 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
S&Dhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
PfEhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Renewhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
ECRhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Lefthad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
NIhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 6)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (19 absent)Romania (15 absent)Hungary (14 absent)Greece (13 absent)Germany (11 absent)Ireland (8 absent)Spain (7 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

EPP188 MEPs

For 133Against 7Abstain 1Absent 47

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 113Abstain 0Absent 22

ECR82 MEPs

For 56Against 3Abstain 8Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 55Against 10Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 51Abstain 6Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN26 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 3Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Poland45
France39
Spain27
Czech Republic16

Most against

Italy31
Netherlands16
Belgium14
Austria11
Finland11

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 39Against 37Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 40Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 31Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 16Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 2Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 26Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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