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Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed ***I

Vote ID 168478Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed ***I”. EPP, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (336 for, 238 against, 41 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

336

Against

238

Abstain

Margin of victory

98 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 119Against 27Abstain 9Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 50Against 62Abstain 9Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 8Abstain 4Absent 5

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 12Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 29Against 27Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 7Abstain 1Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 5Against 28Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 29Abstain 1Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France49
Spain43
Germany42
Italy42
Romania20

Most against

Poland32
Austria14
Hungary14
Bulgaria13
Slovakia9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Latvia
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 26Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 35Abstain 5Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 10Abstain 2Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 6Against 32Abstain 5Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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