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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Specific hygiene requirements for certain meat, fishery products, dairy products and eggs

Fisheries66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fishery"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168229Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Specific hygiene requirements for certain meat, fishery products, dairy products and eggs”. EPP, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (179 for, 403 against, 28 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

179

Against

403

Abstain

Margin of victory

224 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

Participation rate

86.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 100Against 46Abstain 8Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 11Against 110Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 12Against 77Abstain 1Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 3Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 42Against 15Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 3Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 33Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 11Abstain 10Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland45
Czech Republic9
Bulgaria8
Greece6
Lithuania5

Most against

France66
Germany57
Italy50
Spain49
Portugal20

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 32Against 57Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 3Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 8Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 11Against 50Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 7Against 18Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 49Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

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