← Votes·2023-09-13

Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. Recast

Vote ID 157953Source: 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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. Recast”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (363 for, 226 against, 46 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

363

Against

226

Abstain

Margin of victory

137 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 57Against 87Abstain 20Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 3Abstain 7Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 75Against 9Abstain 6Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 49Abstain 8Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 15Abstain 3Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Spain40
Portugal20
Austria13
Belgium13

Most against

Germany46
Italy41
Poland25
Romania12
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 20Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 46Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 41Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 10Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 19Against 25Abstain 4Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 8Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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