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Shortage of medicines - how to address an emerging problem

Health65%★
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "medicine"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 117270Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
57
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some 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+4 / 10
Group division+0 / 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 “Shortage of medicines - how to address an emerging problem”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (663 for, 23 against, 10 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
663
Against
23
Abstain
10
Margin of victory
640 votes
Turnout (cast)
696
Absent
9
Participation rate
98.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 179Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Renew101 MEPs
For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 58Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 54Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 36Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0
The Left38 MEPs
For 30Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany83
  • Italy75
  • France74
  • Spain59
  • Poland51
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 83Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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