← Votes·2026-06-17

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

Vote ID 194127Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 (284 for, 293 against, 70 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

284

Against

293

Abstain

Margin of victory

9 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

91.1%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 9 votes. 63 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (63) was larger than the 9-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
S&Dhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 9)

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 147Abstain 3Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 1Abstain 11Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 9Against 33Abstain 35Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew77 MEPs

For 66Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left44 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 11Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 9Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy31
Belgium18
Netherlands18
Finland13
Denmark12

Most against

Poland46
Germany41
France38
Spain28
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Latvia
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 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 38Abstain 8Absent 6

Germany95 MEPs

For 39Against 41Abstain 7Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary20 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy74 MEPs

For 31Against 10Abstain 24Absent 9

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 18Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 8Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 28Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 7Absent 0

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