← Votes·2022-06-08

Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System

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 144283Source: 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+3 / 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 “Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System”. EPP and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (265 for, 340 against, 34 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

265

Against

340

Abstain

Margin of victory

75 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 5Abstain 2Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 15Against 95Abstain 15Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 3Abstain 4Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 56Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 51Abstain 4Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 1Absent 3

NI44 MEPs

For 2Against 25Abstain 7Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Romania22
Slovakia10
Bulgaria8
Denmark7
Ireland7

Most against

Germany45
France40
Italy35
Spain34
Poland30

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 40Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 45Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 35Abstain 17Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 13Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 17Against 30Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 22Against 34Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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