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The European Water Resilience Strategy
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 470
- Against
- 81
- Abstained
- 92
roll-call vote at 14:21 · 73% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Thomas Bajada · Report A-10-2025-0073
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution outlining its position on the upcoming European Water Resilience Strategy, which aims to enhance water resilience and ensure sustainable water management across the EU.§1: source passage in the text The resolution calls for a comprehensive legislative framework covering water efficiency, pollution mitigation, climate adaptation, funding, digitalisation, and cross-border cooperation.§2: source passage in the text It urges binding sectoral targets for water use, stricter enforcement of pollution rules, and the establishment of EU-wide quality standards for PFAS in water.§2: source passage in the text Parliament also asks the Commission to create a dedicated funding line for water resilience in the next EU budget and to promote nature-based solutions and digital tools.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ESN; Abstained: Greens; Divided: ECR, Patriots
- The Left For 30 for, 9 against, 1 abstainedof 47
- Greens Abstained 0 for, 12 against, 35 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 113 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 69 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 166 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 193
- ECR Divided 47 for, 5 against, 22 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Divided 36 for, 31 against, 16 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 20 against, 2 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 9 for, 4 against, 10 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
30 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (30 of 40). Against: 9, Abstained: 1
Anthony Smith (France, against), Arash Saeidi (France, against), Damien Carême (France, against), Emma Fourreau (France, against), Ilaria Salis (Italy, against)
5 more from The Left
João Oliveira (Portugal, abstained), Leila Chaibi (France, against), Manon Aubry (France, against), Marina Mesure (France, against), Mimmo Lucano (Italy, against)
Greens abstained (35 of 47). Against: 12
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Benedetta Scuderi (Italy), Cristina Guarda (Italy), David Cormand (France), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain)
7 more from Greens
Ignazio Roberto Marino (Italy), Majdouline Sbai (France), Marie Toussaint (France), Mounir Satouri (France), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Romania), Saskia Bricmont (Belgium), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Lithuania)
S&D voted for (113 of 117). Abstained: 4
Lara Wolters (Netherlands), Marit Maij (Netherlands), Mohammed Chahim (Netherlands), Thijs Reuten (Netherlands)
EPP voted for (166 of 168). Abstained: 2
Isabelle Le Callennec (France), Manuela Ripa (Germany)
ESN voted against (20 of 22). Abstained: 2
Marcin Sypniewski (Poland), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 12 amendments (3 adopted, 9 rejected) and 20 parts of the text voted on separately (14 adopted, 2 rejected, 4 lapsed).