Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Climate & environment
Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 441
- Against
- 108
- Abstained
- 11
roll-call vote at 13:03 · 79% of votes cast in favour
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left, Greens
- The Left Against 2 for, 32 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 1 for, 41 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 75 for, 17 against, 9 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 58 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 144 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 60 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 63 for, 6 against, 0 abstainedof 88
- ESN For 17 for, 6 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 21 for, 3 against, 2 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
44 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (32 of 34). For: 2
Arash Saeidi (France), Manon Aubry (France)
Greens voted against (41 of 42). For: 1
Marie Toussaint (France)
S&D voted for (75 of 101). Against: 17, Abstained: 9
Alessandro Zan (Italy, against), Andreas Schieder (Austria, against), Aurore Lalucq (France, against), Bruno Gonçalves (Portugal, against), Christophe Clergeau (France, abstained)
21 more from S&D
Elio Di Rupo (Belgium, against), Elisabeth Grossmann (Austria, against), Eric Sargiacomo (France, abstained), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium, against), Evelyn Regner (Austria, against), François Kalfon (France, abstained), Giorgio Gori (Italy, against), Günther Sidl (Austria, against), Hannes Heide (Austria, against), Jean-Marc Germain (France, abstained), Jonás Fernández (Spain, against), Katarina Barley (Germany, against), Marianne Vind (Denmark, against), Marit Maij (Netherlands, against), Mohammed Chahim (Netherlands, against), Murielle Laurent (France, abstained), Nora Mebarek (France, abstained), Pierre Jouvet (France, abstained), Raphaël Glucksmann (France, abstained), Thijs Reuten (Netherlands, against), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France, abstained)
EPP voted for (144 of 146). Against: 2
Lukas Mandl (Austria), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia)
ECR voted for (60 of 61). Against: 1
Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (Poland)
Patriots voted for (63 of 69). Against: 6
Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria), Gerald Hauser (Austria), Harald Vilimsky (Austria), Petra Steger (Austria)
1 more from Patriots
Roman Haider (Austria)
ESN voted for (17 of 23). Against: 6
Anja Arndt (Germany), Christine Anderson (Germany), Hans Neuhoff (Germany), Marc Jongen (Germany), René Aust (Germany)
1 more from ESN
Siegbert Frank Droese (Germany)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first.
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