← Votes·2022-10-05

Access to water as a human right - the external dimension

Vote ID 148348Source: 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
✓Some 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+6 / 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 “Access to water as a human right - the external dimension”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (550 for, 22 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

550

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

528 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 22Against 9Abstain 30Absent 6

ECR62 MEPs

For 30Against 7Abstain 19Absent 6

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 11Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
Italy60
France55
Poland49
Spain47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 20Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 10Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10

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 23Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden20 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

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