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An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions

Climate & Environment66%★
Confidence: 66%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "emissions"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 136906Source: 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+7 / 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 “An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (563 for, 122 against, 11 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
563
Against
122
Abstain
11
Margin of victory
441 votes
Turnout (cast)
696
Absent
9
Participation rate
98.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 172Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 96Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 21Against 45Abstain 1Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 7Against 50Abstain 6Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 25Against 16Abstain 2Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France79
  • Germany78
  • Spain54
  • Italy42
  • Romania28
Most against
  • Poland27
  • Hungary12
Divided delegations
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Poland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 78Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 42Against 32Abstain 1Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 24Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 28Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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