← Votes·2021-05-19

A European Strategy for Hydrogen

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "hydrogen"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 131711Source: 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: Energy
✓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+10 / 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 “A European Strategy for Hydrogen”. EPP, S&D, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (411 for, 135 against, 149 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

411

Against

135

Abstain

149

Margin of victory

276 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 170Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 3Abstain 5Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 72Against 2Abstain 27Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 1Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 11Against 33Abstain 23Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 47Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 9Abstain 9Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 33Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany52
Spain42
Italy36
Romania31
Hungary20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 55Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 52Against 36Abstain 6Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 31Abstain 7Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 3Abstain 13Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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