← Votes·2024-04-24

Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe ***I

Vote ID 168309Source: 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+0 / 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+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 “Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe ***I”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (381 for, 225 against, 17 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

381

Against

225

Abstain

Margin of victory

156 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

88.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 64Against 90Abstain 5Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 8Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 50Abstain 5Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 1Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 13Abstain 2Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France54
Germany43
Spain41
Netherlands19
Portugal19

Most against

Italy40
Poland25
Hungary10

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 18Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 43Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 40Abstain 1Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 25Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

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