← Votes·2024-01-17

Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions ***I

Trade65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "export"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163299Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+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 “Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (550 for, 14 against, 64 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

550

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

536 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 4Abstain 2Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 31Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 24Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 31Against 4Abstain 4Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France54
Italy53
Spain52
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 18Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 9Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 10Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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