← Votes·2024-11-26

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations

Vote ID 170626Source: 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 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations”. 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 (273 for, 290 against, 69 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

273

Against

290

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

87.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 91 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (91) was larger than the 17-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 28 absent MEPs (margin was 17)
EPPhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 17)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

France (30 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 50Against 105Abstain 12Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 91Abstain 12Absent 28

PfE81 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 10Absent 2

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 63Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 30Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 4Absent 12

NI30 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland44
Italy40
France39
Ireland12
Czech Republic11

Most against

Germany60
Spain38
Netherlands20
Portugal17
Sweden16

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 4Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

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 39Against 11Abstain 2Absent 30

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 60Abstain 8Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 16Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 27Abstain 4Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 3Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 38Abstain 6Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 5Absent 0

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