← Votes·2020-10-07

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 118521Source: 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
✓Significant 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+12 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. EPP mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (392 for, 161 against, 142 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

392

Against

161

Abstain

142

Margin of victory

231 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.7%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 47Against 16Abstain 116Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 84Against 14Abstain 3Absent 0

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 58Abstain 6Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 6Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 11Abstain 8Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France52
Germany48
Spain42
Portugal18
Romania17

Most against

Italy35
Poland27
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium20 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 21Abstain 4Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 23Abstain 24Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 35Abstain 8Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 11Against 27Abstain 14Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 11Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 13Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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