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Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on 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 166241Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+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 “Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (514 for, 20 against, 91 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

514

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

494 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 3Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 44Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 31Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 5Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France73
Spain53
Italy39
Romania25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 1Abstain 10Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 26Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 21Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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