← Votes·2021-10-05

Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

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 135955Source: 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: Climate
✓Some 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+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 “Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives”. PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (227 for, 428 against, 31 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

227

Against

428

Abstain

Margin of victory

201 votes

Turnout (cast)

686

Absent

Participation rate

97.4%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 60Against 104Abstain 11Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 110Abstain 12Absent 8

Renew101 MEPs

For 16Against 82Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 62Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 60Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 19Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland41
Italy33
Romania14
Czech Republic13
Hungary13

Most against

Germany73
Spain55
France47
Netherlands25
Portugal21

Divided delegations

Austria
Finland
France
Italy
Romania
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 32Against 47Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany95 MEPs

For 18Against 73Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 31Abstain 10Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 4Against 25Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 11Abstain 7Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 55Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

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