← Votes·2023-06-14

Batteries and waste batteries

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "waste"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 155895Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Batteries and waste batteries”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (587 for, 9 against, 20 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

587

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

578 votes

Turnout (cast)

616

Absent

Participation rate

87.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 2Abstain 5Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 9Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 2Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France70
Italy51
Poland50
Spain50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 1Absent 23

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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