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Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles ***I

Vote ID 178472Source: 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
✓Strong 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles ***I”. EPP, S&D, ECR and Renew voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (431 for, 145 against, 76 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

431

Against

145

Abstain

Margin of victory

286 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 4Absent 11

PfE82 MEPs

For 1Against 73Abstain 6Absent 2

ECR82 MEPs

For 64Against 8Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 47Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 10Absent 11

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 9Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
Italy45
Poland44
Spain44
France35

Most against

Hungary12

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 9Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 35Abstain 4Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 26Abstain 14Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 8Abstain 10Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 8Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 6Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 7Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

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