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Fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "medicine"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 162192Source: 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 political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (562 for, 35 against, 6 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

562

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

527 votes

Turnout (cast)

603

Absent

101

Participation rate

85.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 54Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 3Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
Italy64
France51
Spain51
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 15Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 8Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

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