← Votes·2022-06-08

Social Climate Fund

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 144489Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Social Climate Fund”. S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (279 for, 288 against, 69 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

279

Against

288

Abstain

Margin of victory

9 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 9 votes. 69 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (69) was larger than the 9-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
PfEhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
EPPhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
Renewhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
NIhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 9)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

France (12 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 163Abstain 2Absent 10

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 2Abstain 1Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 6Against 84Abstain 1Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 27Against 21Abstain 8Absent 11

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 47Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 10Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy49
Spain31
Portugal14
Austria11
Belgium9

Most against

Germany44
France40
Romania23
Netherlands15
Slovakia11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 23Against 40Abstain 4Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 44Abstain 1Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 9Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 12Abstain 6Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 16Abstain 25Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 23Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 21Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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