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The draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean A5547-127 (ACS-GMØØ6-4) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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Vote ID 151088Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

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What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “The draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean A5547-127 (ACS-GMØØ6-4) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council”. S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP and Renew voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (425 for, 182 against, 20 abstentions).

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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

425

Against

182

Abstain

Margin of victory

243 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 45Against 107Abstain 8Absent 19

S&D137 MEPs

For 114Against 3Abstain 4Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 43Against 47Abstain 2Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE65 MEPs

For 49Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

ECR64 MEPs

For 43Against 12Abstain 2Absent 7

NI45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Italy59
Germany46
Poland34
Spain30

Most against

Romania18
Sweden12
Czech Republic10
Ireland7
Lithuania5

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 40Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 6Abstain 3Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 13Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 34Against 12Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 18Abstain 6Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 30Against 21Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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