← Votes·2020-09-17

Maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock

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 117269Source: 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
✓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 “Maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (526 for, 77 against, 94 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

526

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

449 votes

Turnout (cast)

697

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 174Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 42Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 51Abstain 8Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 30Against 6Abstain 8Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 19Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France54
Spain50
Italy40
Romania31

Most against

Poland27

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 25Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 12Abstain 5Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 6Abstain 29Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 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 18Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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