Parliament adopted a resolution on implementing the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and risks to medicine supply security. It supports the directive's environmental goals but worries that higher-than-expected costs and the polluter-pays scheme could hurt medicine availability and EU manufacturing. MEPs ask the Commission to run an independent study by early 2027 and to suspend the extended producer responsibility rules until its findings are assessed.
How the vote unfolded · 25 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (7 adopted, 1 rejected) and 8 parts of the text voted on separately (4 adopted, 4 lapsed). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.
Roll calls requested by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D · split votes by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, PPE.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 25 ballots in voting order
1.Amendment 9 to paragraph 113:15B10-0238/2026 – § 1 – Am 9A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Rejected
2.Separate vote on paragraph 6
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
3.Separate vote on paragraph 6
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
4.Amendment 1 to paragraph 6 — part 313:16B10-0238/2026 – § 6 – Am 1/3Part 3: ‘,including a temporary suspension of EPR obligations’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by S&D, PPE, The Left, Verts/ALE·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Adopted
5.Amendment 7 to paragraph 613:16B10-0238/2026 – § 6 – Am 7A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Adopted
6.Vote on text inserted after paragraph 6
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
7.Amendment 8 to paragraph 813:17B10-0238/2026 – § 8 – Am 8A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Adopted
8.Separate vote on paragraph 10
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
9.Amendment 10 to paragraph 1313:17B10-0238/2026 – § 13 – Am 10A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by S&D, PPE, The Left, Verts/ALE·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
12.Amendment 6, adding text after recital Q13:18B10-0238/2026 – After recital Q – Am 6A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Adopted
13.Final vote — text as a whole13:18B10-0238/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Adopted
14.Vote on text inserted after paragraph 6
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
16.Final vote — text as a wholeMotion for a resolution (as a whole)A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
17.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0240/2026
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
18.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0241/2026
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
25.Final vote — text as a wholeMotion for a resolution (as a whole)A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, Verts/ALE, The Left
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.