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2020 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Environment65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "chemicals"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142277Source: 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
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 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 “2020 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (552 for, 68 against, 18 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

552

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

484 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 8Absent 5

ECR63 MEPs

For 40Against 9Abstain 6Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Spain53
France48
Italy47
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 16Abstain 2Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 24Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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