← Votes·2026-05-20

EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029): Implementing Protocol ***

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fisheries"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 192447Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 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 “EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029): Implementing Protocol ***”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (545 for, 89 against, 15 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

545

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

456 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

91.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE85 MEPs

For 34Against 41Abstain 4Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 39Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 6Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Italy53
Spain48
Poland46
France36

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 36Against 35Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 81Against 5Abstain 5Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 16Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 48Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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