← Votes·2025-11-25

Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents

Vote ID 181564Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (590 for, 28 against, 32 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

590

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

562 votes

Turnout (cast)

650

Absent

Participation rate

90.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE84 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 11Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 4Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 19Abstain 10Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France73
Poland49
Spain49
Italy47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 7Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 2Abstain 13Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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