← Votes·2022-05-03

Persistent organic pollutants

Vote ID 142178Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 “Persistent organic pollutants”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (506 for, 68 against, 49 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

506

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

438 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

88.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 2Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 5Against 17Abstain 35Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 7Against 45Abstain 2Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 10Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
Spain52
France51
Italy41
Netherlands24

Most against

Poland24

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 15Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 8Abstain 17Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

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