← Votes·2024-02-07

Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed ***I

Vote ID 164047Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed ***I”. EPP, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (307 for, 263 against, 41 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

307

Against

263

Abstain

Margin of victory

44 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

Participation rate

86.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 107Against 32Abstain 10Absent 30

S&D136 MEPs

For 53Against 67Abstain 2Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 75Against 5Abstain 12Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 56Abstain 5Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 25Against 31Abstain 2Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 41Against 6Abstain 4Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 4Against 32Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy44
France43
Spain42
Netherlands15
Sweden15

Most against

Poland44
Germany41
Hungary16
Austria14
Bulgaria11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 4Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 22Abstain 3Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 41Abstain 2Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 17Abstain 1Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 2Against 44Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 7Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

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