← Votes·2020-07-09

The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "chemicals"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 116161Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (330 for, 349 against, 10 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

330

Against

349

Abstain

Margin of victory

19 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 19 votes. 15 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (15) was not larger than the 19-vote margin.

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

EPP179 MEPs

For 7Against 164Abstain 2Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 31Against 69Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 26Against 39Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 57Abstain 2Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 11Abstain 5Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Spain33
Portugal14
Austria11
Belgium11

Most against

Germany46
Italy43
Poland41
Romania22
Netherlands18

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 46Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 41Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 22Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 33Against 25Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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