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Shipments of waste ***I

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 164493Source: 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
✓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+7 / 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 “Shipments of waste ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (587 for, 8 against, 33 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

587

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

579 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 153Against 0Abstain 2Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR65 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 4Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 11Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 4Abstain 5Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 7Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France73
Italy59
Spain49
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 1Abstain 8Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 3Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

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