← Votes·2023-03-14

Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation)

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "greenhouse gas"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Climate & Environment →

Vote ID 153304Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (486 for, 132 against, 10 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

486

Against

132

Abstain

Margin of victory

354 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 158Against 2Abstain 1Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR64 MEPs

For 2Against 58Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 7Against 48Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 3Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France51
Spain46
Italy36
Romania27

Most against

Poland27
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 20Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 10Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 28Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 27Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 3Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…