← Votes·2021-05-18

A European Strategy for Energy System Integration

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 130955Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Energy
✓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+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “A European Strategy for Energy System Integration”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (340 for, 348 against, 8 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

340

Against

348

Abstain

Margin of victory

8 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

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 8 votes. 9 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (9) was larger than the 8-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 170Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 7Against 127Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 10Against 90Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 14Abstain 7Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland44
Italy43
Bulgaria14
Hungary14
Czech Republic11

Most against

Germany49
France47
Spain39
Romania18
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 47Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 49Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 31Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 16Against 39Abstain 3Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

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