← Votes·2026-04-29

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

Vote ID 191854Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and PfE voted mostly against. Renew mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (251 for, 269 against, 116 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

251

Against

269

Abstain

116

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 83 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (83) was larger than the 18-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 18)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 22Against 140Abstain 2Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 59Against 2Abstain 58Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 73Abstain 2Absent 0

PfE85 MEPs

For 10Against 43Abstain 14Absent 18

Renew78 MEPs

For 30Against 5Abstain 31Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 5Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
Belgium17
Netherlands17
Austria14
Sweden14

Most against

Poland45
France35
Italy31
Spain25
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 4Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 4Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 28Against 35Abstain 12Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 32Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 17Against 31Abstain 19Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 5Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 7Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 13Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 10Against 25Abstain 15Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

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