← Votes·2023-03-30

General Product Safety Regulation

Consumer Protection64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "product safety"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 153904Source: 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
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “General Product Safety Regulation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (569 for, 13 against, 0 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

569

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

556 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

123

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 142Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 57Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE65 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 0Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 3Abstain 0Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France64
Italy64
Poland48
Spain47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs