← Votes·2023-09-12

Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products

Vote ID 157794Source: 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+0 / 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 “Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (616 for, 9 against, 7 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

616

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

607 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 4Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 33Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany85
France74
Italy65
Spain53
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 85Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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