← Votes·2026-06-17

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

Vote ID 194130Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some 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+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 “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, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (300 for, 331 against, 31 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

300

Against

331

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

662

Absent

Participation rate

93.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 48 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (48) was larger than the 31-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 12Against 153Abstain 4Absent 12

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 7Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 67Abstain 5Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 6Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left44 MEPs

For 41Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany44
France38
Netherlands18
Belgium15
Denmark13

Most against

Poland46
Italy35
Spain30
Czech Republic15
Romania15

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 38Against 38Abstain 1Absent 3

Germany95 MEPs

For 44Against 41Abstain 3Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary20 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy74 MEPs

For 33Against 35Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 8Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 5Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 30Abstain 1Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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