← Votes·2023-07-11

Detailed production rules for organic sea salt and other organic salts for food and feed

Vote ID 156848Source: 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 national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Detailed production rules for organic sea salt and other organic salts for food and feed”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (468 for, 151 against, 17 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

468

Against

151

Abstain

Margin of victory

317 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 126Against 32Abstain 8Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 58Against 53Abstain 5Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 61Against 30Abstain 2Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 39Against 19Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 2Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany91
Italy65
Poland46
Romania26
Sweden21

Most against

France48
Spain38
Portugal18
Greece8
Cyprus4

Divided delegations

Greece
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 21Against 48Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 91Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 7Against 38Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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