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Environment: The Aarhus Regulation

Vote ID 135785Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
67
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some 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+4 / 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 “Environment: The Aarhus Regulation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (554 for, 127 against, 10 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
554
Against
127
Abstain
10
Margin of victory
427 votes
Turnout (cast)
691
Absent
13
Participation rate
98.2%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP178 MEPs
For 174Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 8Against 57Abstain 2Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 5Against 55Abstain 3Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 27Against 10Abstain 5Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany83
  • France56
  • Spain54
  • Italy42
  • Romania31
Most against
  • Poland27
Divided delegations
  • Italy
  • Poland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany95 MEPs
For 83Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 42Against 33Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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