← Votes·2021-09-15

Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education

Taxation65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Education64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "education"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 135431Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education”. S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (328 for, 339 against, 27 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

328

Against

339

Abstain

Margin of victory

11 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 11 votes. 11 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (11) was not larger than the 11-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 12Against 165Abstain 0Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 14Against 87Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 41Against 16Abstain 10Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 56Abstain 5Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 10Abstain 7Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy54
France50
Germany45
Spain31
Portugal14

Most against

Poland39
Romania23
Netherlands18
Belgium14
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 29Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 38Abstain 10Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 19Abstain 1Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 12Against 39Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 26Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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