← Votes·2025-02-12

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP910521

Vote ID 171791Source: 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
✓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+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 DP910521”. 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 (262 for, 309 against, 76 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

262

Against

309

Abstain

Margin of victory

47 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 25Against 124Abstain 16Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 15Against 90Abstain 17Absent 13

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 57Against 14Abstain 3Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 61Abstain 2Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 20Against 8Abstain 23Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

NI30 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France62
Italy40
Poland40
Czech Republic10
Austria9

Most against

Germany51
Spain37
Sweden16
Netherlands15
Portugal15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 62Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 19Against 51Abstain 13Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 27Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 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 40Against 1Abstain 6Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 12Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 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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