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Rachel BLOM

Patriots · Netherlands

Group
Patriots PfE
Country
Netherlands
Roll-call participation
97.1 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
79.6 %ⓘ of 5 735 votes where the group had a line · Patriots median 82.7 %
More facts (5)
National party
PVV Partij voor de Vrijheid
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
568 of 4 544 votesⓘ
Committees
SEDE, TRAN
Member id
256998
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

97.1 %

5 755 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

Patriots median: 91.1 % (+6.0 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

79.6 %

4 566 of 5 735 votes where their group had a line

Patriots median: 82.7 % (−3.1 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

12.5 %

568 of 4 544 votes where their group had a clear line

218 opposite (for ↔ against), 267 abstained against the line, 83 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

9.8 %

565 of 5 755 votes cast

Participation 97.1 % — Patriots median 91.1 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Rachel BLOM97.1 %
Patriots median91.1 %
Lowest in the group44.5 %
Highest in the group99.9 %
Members89
With majority line 79.6 % — Patriots median 82.7 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Rachel BLOM79.6 %
Patriots median82.7 %
Lowest in the group72.5 %
Highest in the group92.9 %
Members89
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Patriots; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Sept 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group 437 for, 13 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
16 Sept 2024Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 102 for, 279 against, 13 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
18 Jul 2024Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote 101 for, 531 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Separate vote on recital E 482 for, 165 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 96 for, 537 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 113 for, 497 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 57 for, 427 against, 177 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 63 for, 564 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 7 414 for, 193 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 6 418 for, 168 against, 71 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 5 468 for, 119 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Abstained
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 4 393 for, 178 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 3 457 for, 133 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 2 450 for, 165 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 1 483 for, 153 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 35 for, 583 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 3 498 for, 111 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 2 518 for, 47 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 1 456 for, 166 against, 26 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 180 for, 436 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 194 for, 400 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 3 — part 1 476 for, 107 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 91 for, 468 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 119 for, 337 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group 149 for, 251 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 7 of 107 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242323
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202421
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 20249292
7 Oct 202420
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241818
10 Oct 202444
21 Oct 202422
22 Oct 20241010
23 Oct 2024129129
24 Oct 20241313
13 Nov 202420
14 Nov 20243636
25 Nov 202422
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 20245757
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 20243333
19 Dec 20244545
20 Jan 202522
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 20254545
10 Feb 202511
11 Feb 20253232
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 20253030
10 Mar 202522
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228228
13 Mar 20252424
31 Mar 202533
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251251
3 Apr 20256260
5 May 202555
6 May 20251010
7 May 2025220220
8 May 2025103103
21 May 202522
22 May 20255353
16 Jun 202522
17 Jun 20254141
18 Jun 20259191
19 Jun 20258785
7 Jul 202511
8 Jul 20255555
9 Jul 2025134134
10 Jul 20253636
8 Sept 202511
9 Sept 2025101101
10 Sept 20253434
11 Sept 20256969
6 Oct 202522
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255555
9 Oct 20256565
20 Oct 202533
21 Oct 20251313
22 Oct 2025186186
23 Oct 20255555
13 Nov 2025267267
24 Nov 202533
25 Nov 20257575
26 Nov 2025100100
27 Nov 2025125125
15 Dec 202540
16 Dec 2025660
17 Dec 2025430
18 Dec 2025420
20 Jan 20266767
21 Jan 2026112112
22 Jan 20265858
9 Feb 202622
10 Feb 20263838
11 Feb 20261313
12 Feb 2026141141
24 Feb 20264343
9 Mar 202611
10 Mar 2026197197
11 Mar 20266060
12 Mar 20263434
25 Mar 202633
26 Mar 20266969
27 Apr 202622
28 Apr 2026225224
29 Apr 2026296296
30 Apr 20266868
18 May 202644
19 May 202633
20 May 20269696
21 May 20269898
15 Jun 202620
16 Jun 20264040
17 Jun 2026127125
18 Jun 20267777
6 Jul 202622
7 Jul 20267271
8 Jul 2026144144
9 Jul 20266767
14 Sept 202611
15 Sept 2026155152
16 Sept 20268080
17 Sept 2026124124

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within Patriots

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Marieke EHLERS PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 5 636 shared74 %
Mieke ANDRIESE PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 2 577 shared74 %
Ton DIEPEVEEN PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 5 289 shared74 %
Auke ZIJLSTRA PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 5 440 shared74 %
Sebastian KRUIS PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 4 995 shared74 %
Sebastiaan STÖTELER Former memberPatriotsNetherlands98 % of 2 159 shared74 %
Vilis KRIŠTOPANS PatriotsLatvia82 % of 5 242 shared74 %
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE PatriotsBelgium81 % of 5 680 shared74 %
Barbara BONTE PatriotsBelgium81 % of 5 637 shared74 %
Gerolf ANNEMANS PatriotsBelgium80 % of 4 963 shared74 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Guillaume PELTIER ECRFrance78 % of 4 963 shared68 %
Roberto VANNACCI changed group ESNItaly78 % of 2 249 shared68 %
Laurence TROCHU ECRFrance77 % of 5 526 shared68 %
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group ESNGermany77 % of 4 413 shared69 %
Marion MARÉCHAL ECRFrance77 % of 4 960 shared68 %
René AUST ESNGermany77 % of 5 248 shared70 %
Nicolas BAY ECRFrance77 % of 5 183 shared68 %
Markus BUCHHEIT ESNGermany76 % of 5 228 shared70 %
Marc JONGEN ESNGermany76 % of 5 119 shared70 %
Sarah KNAFO ESNFrance76 % of 4 285 shared70 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE CommitteeMember24 Nov 2025now
Committee on Transport and TourismTRAN CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European UnionHOUS Special committeeMember23 Jan 2025now
Delegation for relations with CanadaD-CA DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeDSEE DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL CommitteeMember19 Jul 202426 Nov 2025

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShadow rapporteurTRAN27 May 2026
Amending Directive 92/6/EEC to exempt certain N2 electric vehicles from the requirement to install and use a speed limitation deviceShadow rapporteurTRAN27 May 2026
Institutional aspects of the Common European Defence UnionShadow rapporteurSEDE7 May 2026
EP delegation to the Conciliation Committee on Air Passenger Rights 2013/0072(COD)Trilogue negotiator9 Mar 2026
Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionSEDE27 Feb 2026
Amending Regulations (EC) No 261/2004, (EC) No 1107/2006, (EU) No 1177/2010, (EU) No 181/2011 and (EU) 2021/782 as regards enforcement of passenger rights in the UnionShadow rapporteurTRAN11 Feb 2026
Amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the UnionShadow rapporteurTRAN18 Jun 2025
Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012Shadow rapporteurEMPL26 Mar 2025
Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementShadow rapporteur for an opinionEMPL19 Mar 2025
Opinion: Guidelines of the Budget 2026Shadow rapporteur for an opinionEMPL15 Jan 2025

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Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

3 contributions recorded; 3 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
10 Mar 2026Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
20 Jan 2026CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Dec 2024Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) Speech · 1 minRead

Questions and motions, 31

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
15 Sept 2026Alleged EU competence in the field of housing E-10-2026-003675Written questionwith 1 co-authorNot yet answered
6 Jul 2026Chaos at European airports caused by EES P-10-2026-002795Priority written question18 Sept 2026
7 May 2026Aviation fuel shortage E-10-2026-001884Written questionwith 3 co-authors15 Jun 2026
11 Feb 2026Alleged Commission interference in Member State elections through the Digital Services Act E-10-2026-000592Written questionwith 5 co-authors20 Apr 2026
11 Feb 2026Impact of EU transport policy on the automotive sector and budgetary impact on the EGF and net contributor Member States E-10-2026-000588Written questionwith 1 co-author10 Apr 2026
14 Jan 2026MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION B-10-2026-0063Motion for a resolutionwith 109 co-authors—
14 Jan 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part B-10-2026-0061Motion for a resolutionwith 101 co-authors—
19 Dec 2025Multi-million euro fine against X to enforce the EU censorship agenda under the guise of alleged violations of transparency obligations under the DSA O-10-2025-000047Oral questionwith 35 co-authorsNot yet answered
17 Dec 2025Temporary exemption from nitrogen regulations for sustainable energy infrastructure, housing construction and essential infrastructure in the Netherlands E-10-2025-004980Written question16 Feb 2026
2 Dec 2025Inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the EU list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts (Council Decision 2001/931/CFSP) E-10-2025-004796Written questionwith 28 co-authors12 Feb 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 42

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
30 Jun 2026Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council CJ76-AM-789167 CJ761
26 Jun 2026Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council CJ76-AM-789089 CJ768
26 Jun 2026Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council CJ76-AM-789933 CJ7618
19 Jun 2026Clean corporate vehicles CJ46-AM-789892 CJ4621
19 Jun 2026Clean corporate vehicles CJ46-AM-790087 CJ467
12 Jun 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as regards CO2 emission performance standards for new light duty vehicles and vehicle labelling and repealing Directive 1999/94/EC TRAN-AM-789087 TRAN59
11 Jun 2026Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure SEDE-AM-789927 SEDE5
11 Jun 2026Amending Directive 92/6/EEC to exempt certain N2 electric vehicles from the requirement to install and use a speed limitation device TRAN-AM-789944 TRAN4
24 Apr 2026Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 CJ05-AM-787837 CJ055
24 Apr 2026Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 CJ05-AM-787836 CJ054

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Rachel BLOM”. Member record. memberId 256998. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256998?page=119&scope=all&vscope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256998. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256998?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-256998,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Rachel BLOM}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256998?page=119&scope=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256998?page=119&scope=all&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256998. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256998. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}