← Votes·2022-03-09

Batteries and waste batteries

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "waste"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 140286Source: 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
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Batteries and waste batteries”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (330 for, 356 against, 4 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

356

Abstain

Margin of victory

26 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

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 26 votes. 15 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (15) was not larger than the 26-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 169Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 132Abstain 0Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 4Against 94Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 19Abstain 1Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy44
Poland43
Czech Republic16
Hungary14
Austria10

Most against

Germany52
France48
Spain42
Netherlands17
Romania17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 48Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 52Abstain 0Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 16Against 42Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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