← Votes·2025-02-12

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 95275

Vote ID 171786Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 95275”. 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 comfortable margin (256 for, 321 against, 70 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

256

Against

321

Abstain

Margin of victory

65 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 28Against 127Abstain 11Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 11Against 94Abstain 17Absent 13

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 10Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 56Against 15Abstain 3Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 63Abstain 2Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 19Against 11Abstain 21Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI30 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France62
Poland42
Italy39
Czech Republic10
Austria8

Most against

Germany54
Spain37
Sweden16
Netherlands15
Portugal15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 62Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 54Abstain 13Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 9Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 29Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 7Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 6Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 11Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 15Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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