← Votes·2024-11-28

Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments

Vote ID 170755Source: 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, PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (263 for, 277 against, 21 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

263

Against

277

Abstain

Margin of victory

14 votes

Turnout (cast)

561

Absent

162

Participation rate

77.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 14 votes. 162 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (162) was larger than the 14-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 58 absent MEPs (margin was 14)
S&Dhad 24 absent MEPs (margin was 14)
ECRhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 14)
Renewhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 14)
PfEhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 14)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (20 absent)Germany (17 absent)Greece (15 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

EPP188 MEPs

For 109Against 13Abstain 8Absent 58

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 110Abstain 1Absent 24

PfE81 MEPs

For 60Against 4Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 3Absent 19

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 59Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 2Absent 11

ESN26 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 7Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France39
Germany37
Poland28
Romania13
Czech Republic10

Most against

Italy31
Spain26
Netherlands15
Sweden12
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

France82 MEPs

For 39Against 38Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 37Abstain 5Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 31Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 2Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 28Against 17Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 1Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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