← Votes·2023-11-09

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

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 159743Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (595 for, 2 against, 3 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

595

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

593 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.5%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 153Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR64 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 2Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France65
Italy65
Spain54
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland49 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs