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Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal

Vote ID 124866Source: official EP roll-call records
79
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Strong political group division
  • Significant national delegation divergence
  • High participation
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 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 “Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (471 for, 134 against, 83 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
471
Against
134
Abstain
83
Margin of victory
337 votes
Turnout (cast)
688
Absent
16
Participation rate
97.7%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 157Against 3Abstain 16Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 130Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5
Renew101 MEPs
For 79Against 6Abstain 15Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 2Against 55Abstain 9Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 4Against 53Abstain 5Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 19Against 12Abstain 10Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 24Absent 2
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany74
  • France50
  • Spain48
  • Italy40
  • Romania31
Most against
  • Poland26
Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 13Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 7Abstain 6Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 50Against 23Abstain 6Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 74Against 12Abstain 6Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0
Ireland12 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 7Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 40Against 31Abstain 4Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 18Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 23Against 26Abstain 1Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 48Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

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