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Environment: The Aarhus Regulation

Vote ID 131767Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
72
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 10
Group division+12 / 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 “Environment: The Aarhus Regulation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (553 for, 62 against, 78 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
553
Against
62
Abstain
78
Margin of victory
491 votes
Turnout (cast)
693
Absent
12
Participation rate
98.3%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 172Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 133Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Renew101 MEPs
For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 7Against 40Abstain 18Absent 2
ECR63 MEPs
For 3Against 10Abstain 50Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 30Against 6Abstain 7Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany83
  • France55
  • Spain55
  • Italy40
  • Romania32
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Italy
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 22Absent 2
Germany96 MEPs
For 83Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 40Against 27Abstain 7Absent 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 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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