← Votes·2020-07-10

The revision of the guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure

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 116296Source: 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 “The revision of the guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (548 for, 100 against, 40 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

548

Against

100

Abstain

Margin of victory

448 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 168Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 9Against 35Abstain 22Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 49Abstain 8Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 5Abstain 7Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany85
France55
Spain54
Italy39
Romania30

Most against

Poland26

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 85Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 35Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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