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The draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 × 3006-210-23 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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Vote ID 155373Source: 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+4 / 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 placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 × 3006-210-23 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (394 for, 169 against, 17 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

394

Against

169

Abstain

Margin of victory

225 votes

Turnout (cast)

580

Absent

125

Participation rate

82.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 32Against 100Abstain 13Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 4Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 48Against 37Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 34Against 18Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 0Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France64
Germany43
Italy43
Poland30
Spain27

Most against

Czech Republic12
Sweden12
Denmark7
Ireland7

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 6Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 36Abstain 0Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 3Absent 25

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 30Against 16Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 9Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 27Against 20Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

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