← Votes·2020-12-17

The EU strategy on adaptation to climate change

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 126261Source: 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
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “The EU strategy on adaptation to climate change”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (550 for, 80 against, 59 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

550

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

470 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 169Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew100 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 8Against 50Abstain 7Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 44Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France55
Spain54
Italy38
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 23Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 12Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 28Abstain 7Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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