← Votes·2026-06-17

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) *

Vote ID 194126Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) *”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (287 for, 304 against, 69 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

287

Against

304

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

660

Absent

Participation rate

93.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 50 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (50) was larger than the 17-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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

EPP181 MEPs

For 16Against 152Abstain 2Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 5Abstain 6Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 33Abstain 39Absent 4

PfE84 MEPs

For 5Against 72Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 4Absent 7

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

The Left44 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 21Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy38
Netherlands20
Belgium14
Finland13
Denmark12

Most against

Germany46
Poland46
France39
Spain28
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 4Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 28Against 39Abstain 8Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 41Against 46Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary20 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy74 MEPs

For 38Against 7Abstain 24Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 9Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 28Abstain 3Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 4Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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