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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the 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 136907Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
86
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High-interest topic: Climate
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Significant 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+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 “UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26)”. 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 (527 for, 134 against, 35 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
527
Against
134
Abstain
35
Margin of victory
393 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 166Against 1Abstain 9Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 96Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 4Against 57Abstain 6Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 1Against 59Abstain 3Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 21Against 14Abstain 8Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 34Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany78
  • France56
  • Spain54
  • Italy42
  • Romania28
Most against
  • Poland27
Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • Italy
  • Poland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 9Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 78Against 11Abstain 5Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 42Against 32Abstain 1Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 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 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 28Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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