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Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

Enlargement65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "accession"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 155029Source: 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-interest topic: Enlargement
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 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 “Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (610 for, 11 against, 5 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

610

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

599 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 50Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 31Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France70
Italy66
Poland48
Spain47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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