← Votes·2026-06-17

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

Vote ID 194128Source: 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
✓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+10 / 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 adopted by a narrow margin (297 for, 267 against, 87 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

297

Against

267

Abstain

Margin of victory

30 votes

Turnout (cast)

651

Absent

Participation rate

91.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 30 votes. 59 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (59) was larger than the 30-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 14Against 147Abstain 7Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 1Abstain 5Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 33Abstain 39Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 29Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left44 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 6Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany44
France39
Italy32
Netherlands19
Belgium14

Most against

Poland46
Spain28
Czech Republic16
Hungary13
Romania12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 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 39Against 8Abstain 29Absent 4

Germany95 MEPs

For 44Against 41Abstain 3Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary20 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy74 MEPs

For 32Against 12Abstain 24Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 9Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 28Abstain 3Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

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