← Votes·2020-10-06

European Climate Law

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "climate"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 117788Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “European Climate Law”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (346 for, 345 against, 6 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

346

Against

345

Abstain

Margin of victory

1 votes

Turnout (cast)

697

Absent

Participation rate

99.0%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 1 vote. 7 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (7) was larger than the 1-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 3 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Greens-EFAhad 2 absent MEPs (margin was 1)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

France (2 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 163Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 126Abstain 1Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 10Against 91Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 19Against 49Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 34Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 50Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 17Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy57
Poland43
Czech Republic18
Greece15
Hungary14

Most against

Germany57
France50
Spain32
Netherlands20
Sweden20

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium20 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 50Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 57Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 18Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 27Against 32Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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