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The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK (COP26)

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 136612Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+10 / 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 “The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK (COP26)”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (338 for, 316 against, 38 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

338

Against

316

Abstain

Margin of victory

22 votes

Turnout (cast)

692

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 22 votes. 13 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (13) was not larger than the 22-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 144Abstain 11Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 5Abstain 11Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 76Against 18Abstain 7Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 1Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 57Abstain 3Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 20Abstain 4Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Germany47
Spain38
Netherlands18
Sweden15

Most against

Italy45
Poland39
Romania23
Hungary13
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 7Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 22Abstain 8Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 45Abstain 2Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 45Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 39Abstain 4Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 23Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 38Against 19Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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