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Urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "medical device"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 170226Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓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+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (545 for, 80 against, 15 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

545

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

465 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 163Against 1Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

PfE81 MEPs

For 40Against 28Abstain 6Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 3Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 1Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Italy62
Spain49
Poland45
Netherlands28

Most against

France39

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 39Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 4Abstain 0Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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