← Votes·2022-02-15

A European strategy for offshore renewable energy

Energy86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"
title/description contains "renewable"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 139867Source: 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: Energy
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 “A European strategy for offshore renewable energy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (518 for, 88 against, 85 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

518

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

430 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 167Against 2Abstain 8Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 9Against 57Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 44Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 26Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
Spain49
France47
Italy43
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 23Abstain 9Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 10Abstain 8Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 25Abstain 7Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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