← Votes·2019-11-28

The climate and environment emergency

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "climate"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 110615Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “The climate and environment emergency”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (390 for, 219 against, 17 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

390

Against

219

Abstain

Margin of victory

171 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

92.3%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 61Against 84Abstain 13Absent 15

S&D132 MEPs

For 121Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew96 MEPs

For 76Against 11Abstain 3Absent 6

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 52Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR59 MEPs

For 2Against 52Abstain 1Absent 4

NI43 MEPs

For 25Against 11Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France50
Spain47
Hungary19
Portugal18
Romania18

Most against

Germany48
Italy33
Poland28
Czech Republic12
Bulgaria8

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Greece
Italy
Slovenia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark13 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France74 MEPs

For 50Against 20Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 48Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 31Against 33Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland51 MEPs

For 9Against 28Abstain 9Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania32 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain54 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden20 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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