← Votes·2022-10-05

The EU’s response to the increase in energy prices in Europe

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 148609Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Energy
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “The EU’s response to the increase in energy prices in Europe”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (275 for, 300 against, 62 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

275

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

25 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 25 votes. 67 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (67) was larger than the 25-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 9Against 150Abstain 2Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 5Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 10Against 55Abstain 25Absent 11

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 7Against 30Abstain 24Absent 6

ECR62 MEPs

For 4Against 48Abstain 4Absent 6

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 7Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Spain28
Portugal12
Belgium10
Greece10

Most against

Poland41
Italy40
Netherlands15
Romania15
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 5Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 26Against 14Abstain 36Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 45Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 12Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 40Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 41Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 6Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 28Against 20Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden20 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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