← Votes·2025-02-12

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

Vote ID 171792Source: 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 DP910521”. 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 (290 for, 249 against, 110 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

290

Against

249

Abstain

110

Margin of victory

41 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 27Against 128Abstain 9Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 24Against 29Abstain 70Absent 12

PfE81 MEPs

For 60Against 6Abstain 11Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 58Against 15Abstain 1Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 64Abstain 3Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 9Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

ESN26 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France63
Poland42
Italy41
Austria12
Greece12

Most against

Spain42
Germany35
Sweden16
Netherlands13
Portugal12

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Greece
Malta
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 4Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 63Against 10Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 28Against 35Abstain 19Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 20Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 13Abstain 8Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 5Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 3Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 10Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 42Abstain 2Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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