← Votes·2024-03-13

Safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC ***I

Vote ID 166171Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (603 for, 5 against, 15 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

603

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

598 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

88.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 3Abstain 8Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 4Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
France74
Spain56
Italy55
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 2Abstain 7Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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