← Votes·2022-09-15

The consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing the EU’s efforts to fight climate change

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 148240Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “The consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing the EU’s efforts to fight climate change”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (469 for, 34 against, 44 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

469

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

435 votes

Turnout (cast)

547

Absent

158

Participation rate

77.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 2Absent 46

S&D136 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Renew101 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 30Against 17Abstain 0Absent 20

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 35Absent 16

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 3Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France67
Italy45
Spain41
Romania20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 7Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 9Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 24Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

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