← Votes·2023-10-19

European Protein Strategy

Vote ID 159009Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “European Protein Strategy”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (305 for, 129 against, 69 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

305

Against

129

Abstain

Margin of victory

176 votes

Turnout (cast)

503

Absent

199

Participation rate

71.7%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 95Against 23Abstain 6Absent 53

S&D136 MEPs

For 76Against 2Abstain 16Absent 42

Renew100 MEPs

For 68Against 7Abstain 2Absent 23

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 52Abstain 1Absent 16

ECR64 MEPs

For 33Against 9Abstain 7Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 14Against 12Abstain 18Absent 20

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 13Absent 16

The Left37 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 4Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Poland33
Spain32
Germany31
Portugal15

Most against

Romania14
Austria6
Bulgaria6
Slovakia5

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Luxembourg
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 5Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 16Abstain 3Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 26Abstain 10Absent 29

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 3Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 26Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 2Absent 8

Poland49 MEPs

For 33Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 2Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 32Against 4Abstain 3Absent 20

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

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