← Votes·2024-11-26

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603

Vote ID 170623Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603”. PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (275 for, 288 against, 68 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

275

Against

288

Abstain

Margin of victory

13 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

87.3%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 13 votes. 92 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (92) was larger than the 13-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 29 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
EPPhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 13)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

France (28 absent)Romania (15 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 49Against 104Abstain 13Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 90Abstain 12Absent 29

PfE81 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 10Absent 2

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 8Against 61Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 27Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 3Abstain 5Absent 9

NI30 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland43
Italy41
France40
Ireland12
Czech Republic11

Most against

Germany60
Spain40
Netherlands18
Portugal16
Sweden16

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 5Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 40Against 13Abstain 1Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 60Abstain 8Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 17Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 25Abstain 5Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 40Abstain 4Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 5Absent 0

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