← Votes·2023-04-18

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "carbon"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154165Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some 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+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 “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (487 for, 81 against, 75 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

487

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

406 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

91.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 3Abstain 13Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 41Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 8Against 45Abstain 5Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 12Abstain 2Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 7Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France54
Spain50
Italy40
Netherlands22

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 7Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 5Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 3Abstain 17Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 8Abstain 8Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 28Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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