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Gas storage

Vote ID 145865Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Gas storage”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (490 for, 47 against, 55 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

490

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

443 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

113

Participation rate

84.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 1Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 4Absent 23

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 26Against 24Abstain 3Absent 14

ECR63 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 32Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 12Absent 6

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 3Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Italy64
Spain40
France38
Netherlands26

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 16Abstain 8Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 12Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 24Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 6Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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