Topic · Subtopic · model-assigned
Water & oceans
Decisions about water quality, water scarcity, seas, oceans or marine protection.
- Decisions
- 7 on 7 sitting days
- Outcomes
- 5 adopted · 1 rejected
- Period
- 27 Nov 2024 – 21 May 2026
- Assigned by
- A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
- Roll-call votes
- 6
- By kind
- New laws 2 · Objections 1 · Resolutions 4
- Part of
- Climate & environment
- Key
- climate/water
The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward | Resolutions | Adopted | 337 for, 178 against, 44 abstained by roll call |
| 20 May 2026 | The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins | Resolutions | Adopted | 518 for, 31 against, 102 abstained by roll call |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Surface water and groundwater pollutants | New laws | Approved without a vote | show of hands — no count |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies | Resolutions | Adopted | 528 for, 21 against, 62 abstained by roll call |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction | New laws | Passed | 454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained by roll call |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy | Resolutions | Adopted | 470 for, 81 against, 92 abstained by roll call |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act | Objections | Objection failed | 123 for, 511 against, 42 abstained by roll call |
Dossiers, 7
The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.
Group lines
How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.
| Group | For | Against | Abstained | Divided | With the outcome | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For2 | Against1 | Abst.1 | Divided2 | With outcome4 | of6 |
| Greens | For3 | Against1 | Abst.2 | Divided0 | With outcome4 | of6 |
| S&D | For5 | Against1 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome6 | of6 |
| Renew | For5 | Against1 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome6 | of6 |
| EPP | For5 | Against1 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome6 | of6 |
| ECR | For2 | Against2 | Abst.0 | Divided2 | With outcome3 | of6 |
| Patriots | For3 | Against2 | Abst.0 | Divided1 | With outcome3 | of6 |
| ESN | For1 | Against4 | Abst.1 | Divided0 | With outcome2 | of6 |
Connections
Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.
Topics that come up with it
- Topic Agriculture, food & fisheries Farm policy, food safety, animal welfare, fisheries.
- Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.
Running issues
- Issue Common Fisheries Policy Running issue · EU initiative 17 Sept 2026
- Issue 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals Running issue · EU initiative 17 Sept 2026
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Water & oceans”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=water (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-climate-water,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Water \& oceans}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=water}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=water},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}