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Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and rules governing the European Medicines Agency ***I

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 166879Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and rules governing the European Medicines Agency ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (488 for, 67 against, 34 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

488

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

421 votes

Turnout (cast)

589

Absent

116

Participation rate

83.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 2Abstain 5Absent 36

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 3Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 36Against 16Abstain 2Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 24Abstain 18Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 3Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 5Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Spain49
France42
Poland41
Italy28

Most against

Malta4

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 22Abstain 5Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 20Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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