← Votes·2020-07-10

A comprehensive European approach to energy storage

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 116287Source: 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+7 / 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 “A comprehensive European approach to energy storage”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (556 for, 22 against, 110 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

556

Against

Abstain

110

Margin of victory

534 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 176Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 31Against 6Abstain 29Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 46Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 31Against 5Abstain 5Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 29Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
Italy68
France50
Spain48
Romania30

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 29Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 11Abstain 5Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 10Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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