← Votes·2023-10-05

Urban wastewater treatment. Recast

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 158621Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Urban wastewater treatment. Recast”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (420 for, 62 against, 84 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

420

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

358 votes

Turnout (cast)

566

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 138Against 5Abstain 2Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 1Abstain 0Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 1Absent 17

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 44Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 28Abstain 9Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 8Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 17Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
France60
Spain43
Italy28
Romania28

Most against

Czech Republic9

Divided delegations

Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 6Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 6Abstain 7Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 3Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 10Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 21Abstain 8Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 24Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 5Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

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