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The draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean A2704-12 (ACS-GMØØ5-3) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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Vote ID 108844Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “The draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean A2704-12 (ACS-GMØØ5-3) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (401 for, 172 against, 17 abstentions).

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Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

401

Against

172

Abstain

Margin of victory

229 votes

Turnout (cast)

590

Absent

Participation rate

87.0%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 51Against 99Abstain 3Absent 20

S&D132 MEPs

For 111Against 2Abstain 2Absent 17

Renew96 MEPs

For 39Against 38Abstain 6Absent 13

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR59 MEPs

For 29Against 17Abstain 3Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI43 MEPs

For 30Against 3Abstain 2Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France61
Italy57
Germany42
Spain26
Poland25

Most against

Netherlands14
Czech Republic13
Romania11
Sweden11
Finland7

Divided delegations

Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France74 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 41Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 57Against 5Abstain 3Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland51 MEPs

For 25Against 13Abstain 2Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 4Absent 7

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 26Against 17Abstain 1Absent 10

Sweden20 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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