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Member

Martin GÜNTHER

The Left · Germany

Group
The Left
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
81.6 %ⓘ of 3 630 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
96.9 %ⓘ of 2 958 votes where the group had a line · The Left median 92.8 %
More facts (5)
National party
DIE LINKE.
In office
Since 16 Sept 2025
Against clear line
32 of 2 759 votesⓘ
Committees
ECON (substitute), ENVI
Member id
270719
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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 ⓘ

81.6 %

2 962 of 3 630 roll calls while in office

The Left median: 88.5 % (−6.9 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.9 %

2 865 of 2 958 votes where their group had a line

The Left median: 92.8 % (+4.1 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.2 %

32 of 2 759 votes where their group had a clear line

9 opposite (for ↔ against), 19 abstained against the line, 4 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

3.9 %

115 of 2 962 votes cast

Participation 81.6 % — The Left median 88.5 %, 47 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 47 members of the The Left with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Martin GÜNTHER81.6 %
The Left median88.5 %
Lowest in the group44.2 %
Highest in the group99.3 %
Members47
With majority line 96.9 % — The Left median 92.8 %, 47 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 47 members of the The Left with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Martin GÜNTHER96.9 %
The Left median92.8 %
Lowest in the group81.9 %
Highest in the group96.9 %
Members47
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of The Left; 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, 3 630

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
28 Apr 2026Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 1 505 for, 109 against, 29 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 447 for, 160 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AP — part 2 336 for, 266 against, 32 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AP — part 1 497 for, 108 against, 46 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 4, adding text after Recital AL 316 for, 298 against, 33 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AL — part 2 482 for, 83 against, 77 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AL — part 1 571 for, 33 against, 48 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AJ — part 2 394 for, 217 against, 29 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AJ — part 1 468 for, 129 against, 55 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AC — part 2 325 for, 269 against, 49 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AC — part 1 475 for, 109 against, 68 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Separate vote on citation 16 347 for, 257 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 28 — part 2 459 for, 134 against, 46 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 28 — part 1 491 for, 111 against, 51 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 25 — part 2 361 for, 218 against, 60 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 25 — part 1 518 for, 36 against, 100 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 21 — part 2 359 for, 218 against, 62 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 21 — part 1 444 for, 152 against, 54 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 6 to paragraph 21 312 for, 321 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 20 — part 2 335 for, 281 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 20 — part 1 431 for, 184 against, 39 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 19 — part 2 369 for, 240 against, 40 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 19 — part 1 504 for, 116 against, 33 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 5 to paragraph 16 378 for, 213 against, 59 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 12 — part 3 491 for, 83 against, 63 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 12 — part 2 496 for, 94 against, 55 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 12 — part 1 578 for, 37 against, 36 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 7 223 for, 343 against, 86 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 4 — part 2 394 for, 227 against, 27 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 4 — part 1 492 for, 126 against, 34 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 2 179 for, 457 against, 17 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 1 180 for, 455 against, 18 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 377 for, 254 against, 31 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 37 156 for, 405 against, 58 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135) Final voteAdopted 657 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods Final votePassed 591 for, 54 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 566 for, 67 against, 26 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Final votePassed 459 for, 127 against, 70 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 558 for, 35 against, 52 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 139, adding text after Recital 27 171 for, 465 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendments 125 + 129 (voted as one), adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) 251 for, 334 against, 48 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 127, adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) 169 for, 441 against, 37 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 130, adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) 188 for, 437 against, 21 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 120 to Article 19, after paragraph 1 (corresponds to Article 22 in am 120) — part 3 502 for, 128 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 124 to Article 19, After paragraph 1 (corresponds to Article 22 in am 120) 95 for, 551 against, 9 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Proposal to vote on amendments 412 for, 225 against, 13 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Proposal to reject the text 39 for, 600 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 389 for, 191 against, 75 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 66 to paragraph 63 164 for, 466 against, 17 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 6 to paragraph 60 349 for, 264 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded 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 5 of 51 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

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 The Left

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
Özlem DEMIREL The LeftGermany98 % of 2 483 shared87 %
Rudi KENNES The LeftBelgium97 % of 2 944 shared87 %
Irene MONTERO The LeftSpain96 % of 2 766 shared87 %
Estrella GALÁN The LeftSpain96 % of 2 312 shared87 %
Catarina MARTINS The LeftPortugal96 % of 2 349 shared87 %
Martin SCHIRDEWAN The LeftGermany96 % of 2 538 shared87 %
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ The LeftSpain96 % of 1 600 shared87 %
Konstantinos ARVANITIS The LeftGreece95 % of 2 256 shared87 %
Luke Ming FLANAGAN The LeftIreland95 % of 2 307 shared87 %
Ilaria SALIS The LeftItaly95 % of 2 340 shared87 %

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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
Ana MIRANDA PAZ GreensSpain87 % of 2 142 shared77 %
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ GreensSpain85 % of 2 781 shared77 %
Benedetta SCUDERI GreensItaly85 % of 2 929 shared77 %
David CORMAND GreensFrance84 % of 2 855 shared77 %
Saskia BRICMONT GreensBelgium84 % of 2 755 shared77 %
Mélissa CAMARA GreensFrance84 % of 2 247 shared77 %
Cristina GUARDA GreensItaly84 % of 2 712 shared77 %
Marie TOUSSAINT GreensFrance84 % of 2 680 shared77 %
Ignazio Roberto MARINO GreensItaly83 % of 2 136 shared77 %
Diana RIBA I GINER GreensSpain83 % of 2 498 shared77 %

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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 Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeSubstitute16 Sept 2025now
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food SafetyENVI CommitteeMember6 Oct 2025now
Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA DelegationSubstitute16 Sept 2025now
Delegation for relations with the Pan-African ParliamentDPAP DelegationSubstitute11 Nov 2025now
Delegation for relations with the countries of South AsiaDSAS DelegationMember6 Oct 202514 Dec 2025

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
No dossier namedOfficial delegationECON15 Sept 2026
It is an official mission of the delegation for relations with South Africa (D-ZA). 30th European Parliament - South Africa inter-Parliamentary meeting (IPM) to Cape Town, South Africa meeting officials and civil society.Official delegationD-ZA8 Jun 2026
Amending Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burdenShadow rapporteurENVI14 Apr 2026
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burdenShadow rapporteurENVI14 Apr 2026
Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting proceduresShadow rapporteur for an opinionENVI27 Mar 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationENVI13 Mar 2026
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activitiesShadow rapporteur for an opinionECON12 Mar 2026
Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR), Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288Shadow rapporteurECON26 Feb 2026
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activitiesShadow rapporteur for an opinionECON19 Feb 2026
System of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053Shadow rapporteur for an opinionECON12 Nov 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.

9 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 10 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 57

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
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya B-10-2026-0404Motion for a resolution—
10 Sept 2026EU exports of banned pesticides E-10-2026-003605Written questionwith 35 co-authorsNot yet answered
7 Sept 2026Extraterritorial impact of the US designation of Autistici/Inventati as a terrorist entity P-10-2026-003526Priority written questionwith 28 co-authorsNot yet answered
7 Sept 2026Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperatures O-10-2026-000035Oral questionwith 35 co-authorsNot yet answered
1 Sept 2026Serious statements by Markus Lammert regarding the expulsion of unaccompanied children and persons in need of international protection in Ceuta E-10-2026-003413Written questionwith 15 co-authorsNot yet answered
29 Jul 2026Territorial scope of the amended EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation concerning Morocco’s participation in PRIMA E-10-2026-003166Written questionwith 18 co-authorsNot yet answered
16 Jul 2026Humanitarian situation of Sahrawi refugees, inadequate EU humanitarian assistance and the growing water crisis in the refugee camps E-10-2026-003027Written questionwith 22 co-authors27 Aug 2026
14 Jul 2026Strengthening and harmonising extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the WEEE framework E-10-2026-002919Written question25 Aug 2026
14 Jul 2026EU funding for the Jadar lithium project in Serbia E-10-2026-002916Written question7 Sept 2026
13 Jul 2026Drone attacks against civilians in Western Sahara E-10-2026-002880Written questionwith 9 co-authors14 Aug 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 18

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
10 Sept 2026Amending Directives 2001/18/EC and 2010/53/EU as regards the placing on the market of genetically modified micro-organisms and the processing of organs CJ64-AM-792138 CJ6435
10 Sept 2026Amending Directives 2001/18/EC and 2010/53/EU as regards the placing on the market of genetically modified micro-organisms and the processing of organs CJ64-AM-792139 CJ6423
28 Jul 2026Amending Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden ENVI-AM-791123 ENVI3
20 Jul 2026Amending Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden ENVI-AM-790834 ENVI26
15 Jul 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden ENVI-AM-790846 ENVI13
10 Jul 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as regards CO2 emission performance standards for new light duty vehicles and vehicle labelling and repealing Directive 1999/94/EC ENVI-AM-789913 ENVI1
18 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 ENVI-AM-789910 ENVI6
18 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 ENVI-AM-789912 ENVI1
18 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 ENVI-AM-789911 ENVI1
10 Jun 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR), Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 ECON-AM-789857 ECON21

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Connections

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

Political group

National delegation

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Sources & citation

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

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
30 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Martin GÜNTHER”. Member record. memberId 270719. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/270719?page=31&seats=all&vscope=all (retrieved 30 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/270719. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/270719?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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-270719,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Martin GÜNTHER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/270719?page=31&seats=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/270719?page=31&seats=all&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 270719. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/270719. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}