← Votes·2022-06-22

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 145973Source: 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
✓Significant 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+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (439 for, 157 against, 32 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

439

Against

157

Abstain

Margin of victory

282 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 1Abstain 10Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 113Against 1Abstain 9Absent 13

Renew101 MEPs

For 90Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 52Abstain 2Absent 8

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 51Abstain 2Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 5Against 23Abstain 8Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 13Against 21Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France47
Spain41
Italy30
Romania26

Most against

Poland24
Czech Republic11
Hungary6

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 19Abstain 5Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 3Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 29Abstain 10Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 24Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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