← Votes·2020-09-16

Carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport: global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data

Climate & Environment87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "emissions"
title/description contains "carbon"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Transport84%

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "transport"
title/description contains "maritime transport"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 117085Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 “Carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport: global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (520 for, 94 against, 77 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

520

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

426 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.0%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 161Against 9Abstain 5Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 6Against 56Abstain 4Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 46Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 8Abstain 5Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
Spain55
France50
Romania28
Netherlands24

Most against

Italy35

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 23Abstain 6Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 35Abstain 6Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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