← Votes·2022-06-08

CO2 emission standards for cars and vans

Vote ID 144009Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “CO2 emission standards for cars and vans”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (339 for, 249 against, 24 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

339

Against

249

Abstain

Margin of victory

90 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

Participation rate

86.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 35Against 115Abstain 11Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 4Abstain 4Absent 16

Renew101 MEPs

For 77Against 12Abstain 1Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 50Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 48Abstain 0Absent 18

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 6Absent 5

NI44 MEPs

For 16Against 15Abstain 1Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France44
Spain39
Netherlands21
Sweden17
Belgium14

Most against

Germany44
Poland37
Italy34
Romania16
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 16Abstain 3Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 44Abstain 1Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 34Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 37Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 5Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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