← Votes·2022-04-07

Gas storage

Vote ID 141902Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Gas storage”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (516 for, 25 against, 15 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

516

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

491 votes

Turnout (cast)

556

Absent

149

Participation rate

78.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR63 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 5Absent 15

PfE67 MEPs

For 33Against 5Abstain 1Absent 28

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 12Abstain 6Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 2Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Italy63
France46
Spain45
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 2Absent 31

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 13Abstain 1Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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