← Votes·2023-09-12

Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application

Vote ID 157785Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓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+12 / 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 “Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (483 for, 52 against, 89 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

483

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

431 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 7Abstain 8Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 29Abstain 25Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 44Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 11Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France53
Spain47
Italy38
Romania27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 20Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 8Abstain 3Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 8Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 1Abstain 26Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 24Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

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