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Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1

Effect
Objection passed
Result
455 for · 169 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date
16 December 2025, 13:15
Kind
Objection to a Commission measure
More facts (10)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the objection
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0559
Dossier
2025/2959(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Final vote
182705
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 455 for, 169 against, 8 abstained (roll call).

Objection passed by a large majority.

The objection passed. For an implementing measure it is not legally binding: the Commission is asked to withdraw the measure but can still adopt it.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by Renew and EPP.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 40Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 47Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 116Against 0Abst. 3No vote 17 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 28Against 34Abst. 1No vote 12 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.31
EPPFor 56Against 109Abst. 4No vote 19 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
ECRFor 58Against 11Abst. 0No vote 10 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.76
PatriotsFor 63Against 13Abst. 0No vote 9 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
ESNFor 21Against 1Abst. 0No vote 5 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 26Against 1Abst. 0No vote 3 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 28

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria162020.83
Belgium117040.42
Bulgaria111140.77
Cyprus5100—
Czechia317010.78
Germany5436060.40
Denmark64230.25
Estonia3400—
Spain26210130.33
Finland84030.50
France6821100.94
Greece190021.00
Croatia120001.00
Hungary160051.00
Ireland56030.32
Italy629050.81
Lithuania55100.18
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia8100—
Malta2103—
Netherlands189040.50
Poland3013280.50
Portugal117030.42
Romania189060.50
Sweden1010010.25
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia140011.00

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the motion for a resolution B10-0559/2025 – Motion for a resolution Roll call455 for, 169 against, 8 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: The Left

Roll call requested by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0559

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Parliament objected to a Commission draft decision that would authorise selling food, food ingredients and feed made from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 in the EU.

The objection was adopted, so the Commission measure is blocked and the authorisation cannot go ahead.

Parliament asks the Commission to withdraw its implementing decision.

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Parliament objects to the Commission's draft decision authorising the placing on the market of food, food ingredients and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1, and calls on the Commission to withdraw it.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2959(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3) of the Rules of Procedure to the draft Commission Implementing Decision authorising the placing on the market of food, food ingredients and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Parliament adopted the text on 16 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 3 steps of the dossier
  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 December 2025 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Authors: Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP), Biljana BORZAN (S&D), Martin HÄUSLING (Greens), Anja HAZEKAMP (The Left)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/12
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1”. Decision, 16 December 2025. votingId 182705, document B-10-2025-0559, reference 2025/2959(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-16-12,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/12}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/12},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182705, document B-10-2025-0559, reference 2025/2959(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}