← Votes·2025-02-12

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

Vote ID 171789Source: 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
✓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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP and Renew voted mostly against. S&D mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (293 for, 250 against, 107 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

293

Against

250

Abstain

107

Margin of victory

43 votes

Turnout (cast)

650

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 28Against 131Abstain 6Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 26Against 28Abstain 69Absent 12

PfE81 MEPs

For 60Against 6Abstain 11Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 59Against 15Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 64Abstain 3Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 11Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France63
Poland43
Italy41
Austria12
Greece11

Most against

Spain41
Germany35
Sweden16
Netherlands13
Portugal13

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Greece
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 63Against 10Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 29Against 35Abstain 17Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 20Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 9Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 11Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 41Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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