← Votes·2023-09-12

Protection of groundwater against pollution and environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pollution"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157824Source: 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+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Protection of groundwater against pollution and environmental quality standards in the field of water policy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE, ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 12 against, 124 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

495

Against

Abstain

124

Margin of victory

483 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 6Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 56Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 43Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 10Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France54
Spain49
Italy39
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 8Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 18Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 15Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 7Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 26Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 25Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

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