← Votes·2022-10-04

Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants

Vote ID 148340Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (534 for, 25 against, 66 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

534

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

509 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 25Against 7Abstain 28Absent 7

ECR62 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

NI44 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 8Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 23Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Italy66
France48
Poland48
Spain43

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 7Abstain 19Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 12Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 7Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 5Absent 11

Sweden20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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