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Conduct of clinical trials with and supply of medicinal products for human use containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms intended to treat or pent coronavirus disease

Health65%
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "disease"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 116299Source: official EP roll-call records
73
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Some political group division
  • High participation
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+8 / 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+0 / 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 “Conduct of clinical trials with and supply of medicinal products for human use containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms intended to treat or pent coronavirus disease”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 67 against, 109 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

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
505
Against
67
Abstain
109
Margin of victory
438 votes
Turnout (cast)
681
Absent
23
Participation rate
96.7%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 163Against 1Abstain 7Absent 8
S&D136 MEPs
For 128Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5
Renew101 MEPs
For 95Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 7Against 9Abstain 52Absent 3
PfE66 MEPs
For 37Against 25Abstain 4Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 54Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 16Against 12Abstain 13Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 3Against 11Abstain 23Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Italy60
  • Germany51
  • Poland48
  • Spain45
  • France37
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Cyprus
  • France
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 14Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 37Against 31Abstain 11Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 51Against 11Abstain 27Absent 7
Greece21 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 60Against 0Abstain 14Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 23Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Portugal21 MEPs
For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain58 MEPs
For 45Against 1Abstain 10Absent 2
Sweden21 MEPs
For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

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