← Votes·2021-05-18

The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries

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 131503Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

100

/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓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+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries”. S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (255 for, 260 against, 170 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

255

Against

260

Abstain

170

Margin of victory

5 votes

Turnout (cast)

685

Absent

Participation rate

97.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 5 votes. 20 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (20) was larger than the 5-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 5)

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 23Against 133Abstain 19Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 1Abstain 5Absent 9

Renew101 MEPs

For 82Against 2Abstain 16Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 66Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 42Abstain 24Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 59Abstain 0Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 19Abstain 6Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 32Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain33
Romania18
Belgium12
Netherlands11
Portugal10

Most against

Germany39
France31
Poland30
Hungary13
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 9Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 9Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 28Against 31Abstain 20Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 24Against 39Abstain 31Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 6Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 9Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 16Abstain 30Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 11Abstain 7Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 30Abstain 2Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 9Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 17Abstain 9Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 7Absent 1

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