← Votes·2020-02-12

Trans-European energy infrastructure: Union list of projects of common interest

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 112426Source: 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: Energy
✓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 “Trans-European energy infrastructure: Union list of projects of common interest”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (169 for, 443 against, 36 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

169

Against

443

Abstain

Margin of victory

274 votes

Turnout (cast)

648

Absent

Participation rate

92.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 150Abstain 9Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 48Against 64Abstain 17Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 13Against 81Abstain 2Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 59Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 0Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 11Against 21Abstain 5Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Austria9
Denmark6
Ireland6

Most against

Italy53
France50
Germany48
Poland46
Spain43

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 50Abstain 0Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 48Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 53Abstain 2Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 1Against 46Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 8Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 10Against 43Abstain 2Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 3

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