← Votes·2026-04-29

Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products ***I

Vote ID 191245Source: 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
✓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+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 “Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products ***I”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. S&D, PfE and Renew mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (209 for, 282 against, 153 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

209

Against

282

Abstain

153

Margin of victory

73 votes

Turnout (cast)

644

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 7Against 156Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 65Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 10Against 71Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE85 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 44Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 39Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 23Abstain 2Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Sweden15
Austria14
Netherlands14
Belgium10
Slovakia10

Most against

Germany48
Poland42
Italy38
Spain26
Bulgaria10

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Greece
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 5Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 25Against 7Abstain 42Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 48Abstain 2Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 9Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 38Abstain 10Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 42Abstain 5Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 10Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 12Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 26Abstain 16Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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