← Votes·2020-07-10

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 116291Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (579 for, 18 against, 84 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

579

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

561 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

96.7%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 96Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 33Against 6Abstain 27Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 46Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 34Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France79
Germany77
Spain52
Italy39
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 11Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 35Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 26Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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