← Votes·2023-09-13

Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. Recast

Vote ID 158007Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “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 narrow margin (324 for, 300 against, 12 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

324

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

24 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 24 votes. 69 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (69) was larger than the 24-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 17Against 147Abstain 1Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 7Abstain 2Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 73Against 14Abstain 2Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 54Abstain 4Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 14Abstain 3Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France43
Spain40
Portugal14
Ireland13
Belgium12

Most against

Germany45
Italy41
Poland38
Romania21
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 25Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 45Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 41Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 38Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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