← Votes·2022-09-14

Renewable Energy Directive

Energy86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"
title/description contains "renewable"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147705Source: 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: Energy
✓Strong 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+10 / 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 “Renewable Energy Directive”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (418 for, 109 against, 111 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

418

Against

109

Abstain

111

Margin of victory

309 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 7Abstain 18Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 5Absent 7

Renew100 MEPs

For 65Against 12Abstain 15Absent 8

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 42Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 40Abstain 9Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 10Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 5Against 18Abstain 11Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Spain44
France42
Italy35
Romania25

Most against

Poland24
Slovakia6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Finland
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 33Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 16Abstain 7Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 12Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 21Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 24Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 44Against 8Abstain 4Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 6Absent 2

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