← Votes·2024-11-28

Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments

Vote ID 170767Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 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, Renew and Left voted mostly in favour, while S&D, PfE, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (222 for, 204 against, 23 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

222

Against

204

Abstain

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

449

Absent

274

Participation rate

62.1%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 274 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (274) was larger than the 18-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 79 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
S&Dhad 46 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
Renewhad 36 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
PfEhad 33 absent MEPs (margin was 18)
ECRhad 25 absent MEPs (margin was 18)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (31 absent)Italy (26 absent)France (24 absent)Spain (21 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 105Against 2Abstain 2Absent 79

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 88Abstain 0Absent 46

ECR82 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 4Absent 25

PfE81 MEPs

For 5Against 41Abstain 2Absent 33

Renew79 MEPs

For 28Against 12Abstain 3Absent 36

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 12

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

NI30 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 10Absent 15

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 2Absent 12

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy29
Poland28
Portugal10
Romania10
Belgium8

Most against

France39
Germany35
Spain22
Netherlands11
Czech Republic7

Divided delegations

Belgium
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 14

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 4Absent 7

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland16 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 39Abstain 3Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 26Against 35Abstain 4Absent 31

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 20Abstain 1Absent 26

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 10

Poland53 MEPs

For 28Against 7Abstain 2Absent 16

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 18

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 17Against 22Abstain 0Absent 21

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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