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Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)
Failed by a large majority
Parliament rejected the proposal.
- For
- 181
- Against
- 439
- Abstained
- 38
roll-call vote at 13:59 · 28% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Tomáš Kubín · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · Report A-10-2026-0161
AI:What this decision does
The proposal sets EU-wide minimum excise duty rates for tobacco and extends rules to novel tobacco-related products.§1: source passage in the text Parliament rejected the proposal, meaning it will not proceed in its current form. The report had proposed gradual rate increases, differentiated treatment by product risk, and a longer transition period.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: EPP; Against: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left Against 0 for, 42 against, 0 abstainedof 45
- Greens Against 0 for, 46 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 9 for, 108 against, 9 abstainedof 135
- Renew Against 14 for, 55 against, 2 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 136 for, 22 against, 11 abstainedof 185
- ECR Against 14 for, 60 against, 3 abstainedof 82
- Patriots Against 5 for, 72 against, 0 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 1 for, 20 against, 2 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 2 for, 14 against, 11 abstainedof 29
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
92 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted against (108 of 126). For: 9, Abstained: 9
Ana Catarina Mendes (Portugal, abstained), Andi Cristea (Romania, for), André Franqueira Rodrigues (Portugal, abstained), Bruno Gonçalves (Portugal, abstained), Costas Mavrides (Cyprus, abstained)
13 more from S&D
Dan Nica (Romania, for), Francisco Assis (Portugal, abstained), Gabriela Firea (Romania, for), Gheorghe Cârciu (Romania, for), Giorgio Gori (Italy, abstained), Maria Grapini (Romania, for), Mihai Tudose (Romania, for), Nacho Sánchez Amor (Spain, for), Raffaele Topo (Italy, for), Sérgio Gonçalves (Portugal, abstained), Ştefan Muşoiu (Romania, abstained), Vasile Dîncu (Romania, for), Victor Negrescu (Romania, abstained)
Renew voted against (55 of 71). For: 14, Abstained: 2
Ana Vasconcelos (Portugal, for), Asger Christensen (Denmark, for), Charles Goerens (Luxembourg, for), Christine Singer (Germany, for), Hristo Petrov (Bulgaria, abstained)
11 more from Renew
Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Bulgaria, for), Ivars Ijabs (Latvia, for), Joachim Streit (Germany, for), João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Portugal, abstained), Katri Kulmuni (Finland, for), Marjan Šarec (Slovenia, for), Michał Kobosko (Poland, for), Morten Løkkegaard (Denmark, for), Nikola Minchev (Bulgaria, for), Petras Auštrevičius (Lithuania, for), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (France, for)
EPP voted for (136 of 169). Against: 22, Abstained: 11
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), Aura Salla (Finland, against), Csaba Bogdán (Hungary, abstained), Danuše Nerudová (Czechia, against)
28 more from EPP
Dóra Dávid (Hungary, abstained), Eszter Lakos (Hungary, abstained), Flavio Tosi (Italy, abstained), Giusi Princi (Italy, abstained), Jan Farský (Czechia, against), Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Kinga Kollár (Hungary, abstained), Letizia Moratti (Italy, against), Liesbet Sommen (Belgium, against), Luděk Niedermayer (Czechia, against), Manuela Ripa (Germany, against), Marco Falcone (Italy, abstained), Maria Walsh (Ireland, against), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, abstained), Mika Aaltola (Finland, against), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, abstained), Nina Carberry (Ireland, against), Pascal Arimont (Belgium, against), Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral (Portugal, against), Pekka Toveri (Finland, against), Radan Kanev (Bulgaria, against), Regina Doherty (Ireland, against), Salvatore De Meo (Italy, abstained), Seán Kelly (Ireland, against), Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland, abstained), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against), Wouter Beke (Belgium, against)
ECR voted against (60 of 77). For: 14, Abstained: 3
Assita Kanko (Belgium, for), Beata Szydło (Poland, for), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, for), Bogdan Rzońca (Poland, for), Daniel Obajtek (Poland, for)
12 more from ECR
Dominik Tarczyński (Poland, for), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, for), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (Poland, for), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium, for), Kosma Złotowski (Poland, for), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, for), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, for), Marlena Maląg (Poland, for), Patryk Jaki (Poland, abstained), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (Romania, for)
Patriots voted against (72 of 77). For: 5
Afroditi Latinopoulou (Greece), Barbara Bonte (Belgium), Gerolf Annemans (Belgium), Majbritt Birkholm (Denmark), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium)
ESN voted against (20 of 23). For: 1, Abstained: 2
Ivan David (Czechia, for), Milan Mazurek (Slovakia, abstained), Milan Uhrík (Slovakia, abstained)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 10 amendments (2 adopted, 8 rejected) and 4 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted, 1 rejected, 1 lapsed).