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A new trade instrument to ban products made by forced labour

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Confidence: 64%

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title/description contains "labour"

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Vote ID 145484Source: 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

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 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 “A new trade instrument to ban products made by forced labour”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (503 for, 6 against, 4 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

503

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

497 votes

Turnout (cast)

513

Absent

192

Participation rate

72.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 2Abstain 1Absent 41

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR63 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

PfE67 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 0Absent 25

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 1Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
France57
Italy53
Poland40
Spain40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 1Absent 33

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

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