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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 168626Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution ***I”. Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (84 for, 511 against, 7 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

Against

511

Abstain

Margin of victory

427 votes

Turnout (cast)

602

Absent

103

Participation rate

85.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 3Against 147Abstain 2Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 22Against 101Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 4Against 87Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 62Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 51Abstain 2Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 42Abstain 0Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 1Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany76
France65
Poland44
Spain40
Italy36

Divided delegations

Denmark

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 7Against 65Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 10Against 76Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 36Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 2Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 1Against 44Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 13Against 40Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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