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Measures against water pollution caused by nitrates, including improvements in the different nitrate measuring systems in member states

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pollution"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 141348Source: 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
✓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+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 “Measures against water pollution caused by nitrates, including improvements in the different nitrate measuring systems in member states”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (548 for, 15 against, 65 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

548

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

533 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 5Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 8Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 5Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 40Absent 15

NI44 MEPs

For 31Against 4Abstain 4Absent 5

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
Spain52
Poland49
Italy48
France44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 13Absent 22

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 23Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 9Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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