← Votes·2021-06-24

European Climate Law

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 134029Source: 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: 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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “European Climate Law”. EPP, S&D, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (442 for, 203 against, 51 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.

Result analysis

For

442

Against

203

Abstain

Margin of victory

239 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 170Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 6Against 63Abstain 2Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 9Against 56Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 42Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 17Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 34Abstain 1Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Spain43
Italy37
Romania31
Poland24

Most against

France47

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 47Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 41Abstain 2Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 28Abstain 8Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 24Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 15Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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