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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
Key
climate/water
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Decisions, 7

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
21 May 2026The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward ResolutionsAdopted337 for, 178 against, 44 abstained by roll call
20 May 2026The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins ResolutionsAdopted518 for, 31 against, 102 abstained by roll call
26 Mar 2026Surface water and groundwater pollutants New lawsApproved without a voteshow of hands — no count
10 Mar 2026Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies ResolutionsAdopted528 for, 21 against, 62 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction New lawsPassed454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained by roll call
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy ResolutionsAdopted470 for, 81 against, 92 abstained by roll call
27 Nov 2024Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actObjectionsObjection failed123 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.

The last 6 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor2Against1Abst.1Divided2With outcome4of6
GreensFor3Against1Abst.2Divided0With outcome4of6
S&DFor5Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
RenewFor5Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
EPPFor5Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
ECRFor2Against2Abst.0Divided2With outcome3of6
PatriotsFor3Against2Abst.0Divided1With outcome3of6
ESNFor1Against4Abst.1Divided0With outcome2of6

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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)}
}