← Votes·2021-09-13

Community plant variety rights: extension of the term for certain varieties

Vote ID 135148Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Community plant variety rights: extension of the term for certain varieties”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (641 for, 38 against, 8 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

641

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

603 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 176Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 37Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 6Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany92
France75
Italy72
Spain54
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 92Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

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