← Votes·2023-12-12

Foodstuffs for human consumption: amending certain 'Breakfast' Directives

Vote ID 162314Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+0 / 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+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 “Foodstuffs for human consumption: amending certain 'Breakfast' Directives”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (522 for, 13 against, 65 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

522

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

509 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 6Abstain 11Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR65 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 40Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 11Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 3Abstain 1Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France65
Italy64
Spain47
Romania25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 4Abstain 10Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 25Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…

Importance Score

What was this vote about?

Why it matters

Result analysis

By political group

Country angle

Individual MEP positions

Download & share