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Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) ***II

Vote ID 180520Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) ***II”. PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (220 for, 341 against, 10 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

220

Against

341

Abstain

Margin of victory

121 votes

Turnout (cast)

571

Absent

148

Participation rate

79.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 71Against 72Abstain 3Absent 39

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 98Abstain 0Absent 36

PfE83 MEPs

For 59Against 9Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 47Against 19Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew78 MEPs

For 8Against 55Abstain 1Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 0Absent 12

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
France38
Poland26
Romania15
Austria11

Most against

Italy49
Spain42
Portugal15
Netherlands14
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Estonia
France
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 38Against 32Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 27Abstain 1Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 1Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 19

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 8Against 49Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 19Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 42Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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