← Votes·2023-09-13

Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. Recast

Vote ID 158008Source: 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
✓Very 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+15 / 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 (310 for, 307 against, 11 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

310

Against

307

Abstain

Margin of victory

3 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 3 votes. 77 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (77) was larger than the 3-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
NIhad 14 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
S&Dhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
Renewhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
PfEhad 6 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
ECRhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
Greens-EFAhad 4 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
Lefthad 4 absent MEPs (margin was 3)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (10 absent)France (9 absent)Italy (9 absent)Hungary (6 absent)Slovakia (6 absent)Bulgaria (5 absent)Poland (5 absent)Greece (4 absent)Romania (4 absent)Spain (4 absent)

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 11Against 147Abstain 2Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 9Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 66Against 14Abstain 8Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 59Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 14Abstain 0Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France44
Germany44
Spain39
Portugal14
Denmark12

Most against

Italy41
Poland36
Romania21
Czech Republic17
Netherlands14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 1Absent 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 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 26Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 41Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 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 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 11Against 36Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 6Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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