← Votes·2026-04-29

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

Vote ID 191253Source: 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 (202 for, 279 against, 160 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

202

Against

279

Abstain

160

Margin of victory

77 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 7Against 153Abstain 0Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 69Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 9Against 71Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE85 MEPs

For 13Against 11Abstain 51Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 38Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 23Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Sweden15
Austria14
Netherlands14
Belgium9
Denmark9

Most against

Germany47
Poland43
Italy37
Romania13
Bulgaria11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Luxembourg
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 4Absent 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 5Abstain 3Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 27Against 8Abstain 40Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 47Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 4Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 8Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 37Abstain 15Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 4Absent 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 43Abstain 5Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 10Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 9Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 20Abstain 23Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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