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The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins

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 192483Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+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 “The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (518 for, 31 against, 102 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

518

Against

Abstain

102

Margin of victory

487 votes

Turnout (cast)

651

Absent

Participation rate

91.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 2Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 98Against 14Abstain 9Absent 14

PfE85 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 46Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 30Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 10Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France58
Italy56
Germany54
Spain47
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 13Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 54Against 14Abstain 23Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 13Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 10Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

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