← Votes·2023-11-22

Sustainable use of plant protection products

Vote ID 161821Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant 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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Sustainable use of plant protection products”. EPP and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (207 for, 299 against, 121 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

207

Against

299

Abstain

121

Margin of victory

92 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

89.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 133Against 10Abstain 16Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 10Against 71Abstain 38Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 51Against 28Abstain 14Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 9Against 24Abstain 29Absent 2

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 47Abstain 10Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 8Absent 12

The Left36 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Romania17
Bulgaria9
Ireland8
Lithuania8
Estonia6

Most against

France54
Germany50
Italy36
Poland22
Netherlands12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 4Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 11Against 54Abstain 5Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 50Abstain 2Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 12Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 36Abstain 18Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland51 MEPs

For 12Against 22Abstain 14Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 10Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 31Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

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