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The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward
Adopted by a clear majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 337
- Against
- 178
- Abstained
- 44
roll-call vote at 13:49 · 60% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Isabella Lövin · Report A-10-2026-0121
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on the multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea, calling for urgent action to address the sea's critical state and proposing changes to fisheries management.§1: source passage in the text The resolution sets out immediate actions within current rules, steps to improve scientific advice, and a new management approach requiring legal changes to the Baltic MAP.§2: source passage in the text Parliament's position is that the existing plan has failed to restore fish stocks and that a reset of the ecosystem is needed, with a focus on low-impact fishing for human consumption.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 20 for, 9 against, 8 abstainedof 45
- Greens For 43 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 97 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 65 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 100 for, 12 against, 18 abstainedof 186
- ECR Against 4 for, 53 against, 9 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 0 for, 76 against, 1 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 21 against, 3 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 8 for, 7 against, 5 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
47 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
EPP voted for (100 of 130). Against: 12, Abstained: 18
Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Spain, abstained), Andrzej Buła (Poland, abstained), Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz (Poland, against), Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (Poland, against), Carmen Crespo Díaz (Spain, abstained)
25 more from EPP
Dariusz Joński (Poland, against), Dolors Montserrat (Spain, abstained), Elena Nevado Del Campo (Spain, abstained), Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (Poland, against), Esteban González Pons (Spain, abstained), Ewa Kopacz (Poland, against), Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Spain, abstained), Francisco José Millán Mon (Spain, abstained), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Poland, against), Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (Spain, abstained), Jacek Protas (Poland, abstained), Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak (Poland, against), Janusz Lewandowski (Poland, against), Javier Zarzalejos (Spain, abstained), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (Spain, abstained), Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (Poland, against), Krzysztof Brejza (Poland, abstained), Krzysztof Hetman (Poland, against), Maravillas Abadía Jover (Spain, abstained), Marta Wcisło (Poland, against), Michał Wawrykiewicz (Poland, against), Mirosława Nykiel (Poland, abstained), Nicolás Pascual De La Parte (Spain, abstained), Pablo Arias Echeverría (Spain, abstained), Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (Spain, abstained)
ECR voted against (53 of 66). For: 4, Abstained: 9
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, for), Bogdan Rzońca (Poland, for), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, for), Cristian Terheş (Romania, abstained)
8 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, for), Guillaume Peltier (France, abstained), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, abstained), Marion Maréchal (France, abstained), Nicolas Bay (France, abstained), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, abstained), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, abstained)
Patriots voted against (76 of 77). Abstained: 1
Antonín Staněk (Czechia)
ESN voted against (21 of 24). Abstained: 3
Marcin Sypniewski (Poland), Stanisław Tyszka (Poland), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 19 amendments (4 adopted, 15 rejected) and 34 parts of the text voted on separately (15 adopted, 19 rejected).