← Votes·2020-11-12

Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal

Vote ID 124277Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓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+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 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 “Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (339 for, 325 against, 24 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

339

Against

325

Abstain

Margin of victory

14 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 14 votes. 16 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (16) was larger than the 14-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 157Abstain 8Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 73Against 17Abstain 9Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 65Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 60Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 18Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Spain41
Portugal14
Belgium13
Denmark13

Most against

Germany48
Italy43
Poland42
Romania21
Czech Republic16

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 31Abstain 1Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 48Abstain 0Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 42Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 21Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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