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Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market ***I

Social Affairs64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "labour"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168448Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

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+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (555 for, 6 against, 45 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

555

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

549 votes

Turnout (cast)

606

Absent

Participation rate

86.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 2Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 5Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 25Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 10Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Italy57
France54
Spain54
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 18Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 10Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 10Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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