← Votes·2025-12-18

Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear

Climate & Environment87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "decarbonisation"
title/description contains "carbon"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Fisheries87%

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"
title/description contains "fishing"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182388Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (450 for, 93 against, 37 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

450

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

357 votes

Turnout (cast)

580

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 147Against 1Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D135 MEPs

For 90Against 5Abstain 4Absent 36

PfE84 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 47Against 8Abstain 15Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 40Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 5Against 29Abstain 2Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 8Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy48
France46
Spain44
Poland25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Finland
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

France81 MEPs

For 46Against 12Abstain 2Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 16Abstain 6Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 11Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 19Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 2Abstain 2Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 4Absent 2

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