← Votes·2020-12-18

Common rules ensuring basic air connectivity following the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 126283Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Energy
✓High participation

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Common rules ensuring basic air connectivity following the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (678 for, 1 against, 6 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

678

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

677 votes

Turnout (cast)

685

Absent

Participation rate

97.3%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 177Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew100 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE66 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany92
France78
Italy75
Spain58
Poland50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden20 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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