← Votes·2024-03-14

Industrial property: legal protection of designs (recast) ***I

Vote ID 166081Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Industrial property: legal protection of designs (recast) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (455 for, 7 against, 68 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

455

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

448 votes

Turnout (cast)

530

Absent

175

Participation rate

75.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 134Against 0Abstain 1Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 1Absent 49

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 57Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 7Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France51
Italy49
Spain48
Poland46
Germany41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 13Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 2Abstain 22Absent 31

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 3Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

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