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Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution ***I

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pollution"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168440Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (538 for, 32 against, 31 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

538

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

506 votes

Turnout (cast)

601

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 149Against 0Abstain 1Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 1Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 5Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 21Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 4Abstain 2Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Spain54
France53
Poland42
Italy41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 17Abstain 2Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 15Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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