← Votes·2021-07-07

General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030

Vote ID 134824Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (342 for, 322 against, 27 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

342

Against

322

Abstain

Margin of victory

20 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 20 votes. 14 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (14) was not larger than the 20-vote margin.

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 22Against 139Abstain 13Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 13Abstain 4Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 78Against 14Abstain 8Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 61Abstain 0Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 23Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
France48
Spain41
Sweden15
Belgium13

Most against

Italy45
Poland39
Romania28
Czech Republic14
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 24Abstain 7Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 46Abstain 0Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 45Abstain 1Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 39Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 28Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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