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Protecting workers from asbestos

Social Affairs64%★
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "workers"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 136568Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
55
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+6 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+4 / 10
Group division+0 / 15
Country division+0 / 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 “Protecting workers from asbestos”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (675 for, 2 against, 23 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
675
Against
2
Abstain
23
Margin of victory
673 votes
Turnout (cast)
700
Absent
5
Participation rate
99.3%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 177Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 133Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 58Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 39Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany84
  • France79
  • Italy75
  • Spain55
  • Poland52
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
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 84Against 0Abstain 10Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 24Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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