← Votes·2021-11-24

A Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pharmaceutical"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 137462Source: 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
✓Strong 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “A Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (527 for, 92 against, 70 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

527

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

435 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 3Abstain 12Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 31Against 28Abstain 7Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 45Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 12Abstain 4Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 7Against 30Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy67
France49
Spain45
Poland26

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 29Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 17Abstain 4Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 26Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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