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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 170227Source: 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+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 “Urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation”. EPP, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (420 for, 208 against, 12 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

420

Against

208

Abstain

Margin of victory

212 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 167Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 104Abstain 2Absent 21

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 15Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE81 MEPs

For 37Against 34Abstain 3Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 67Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 42Abstain 0Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 5Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Italy42
Spain33
Poland29
Netherlands23

Most against

France51
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
Greece
Italy
Malta
Poland
Portugal
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 24Against 51Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 13Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 27Abstain 1Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 29Against 20Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 33Against 20Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

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