← Votes·2020-12-16

A strong social Europe for Just Transition - Communication from the Commission

Vote ID 125713Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+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 “A strong social Europe for Just Transition - Communication from the Commission”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (305 for, 315 against, 75 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

305

Against

315

Abstain

Margin of victory

10 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 10 votes. 9 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (9) was not larger than the 10-vote margin.

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 19Against 156Abstain 3Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Renew100 MEPs

For 34Against 64Abstain 1Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 22Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 37Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 16Abstain 6Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Germany47
Spain34
Portugal14
Belgium13

Most against

Italy43
Romania22
Netherlands19
Czech Republic16
Hungary14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 7Abstain 24Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 45Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 43Abstain 1Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 22Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 21Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 5Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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