← Votes·2023-04-18

Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "emissions"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154173Source: 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
✓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+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 “Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (413 for, 167 against, 57 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

413

Against

167

Abstain

Margin of victory

246 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 141Against 3Abstain 17Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 1Abstain 16Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 95Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 53Against 8Abstain 5Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 52Abstain 5Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 56Abstain 1Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 20Abstain 4Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 6Against 20Abstain 8Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
Spain47
Italy31
Netherlands21
Romania21

Most against

France34
Poland25
Hungary12
Czech Republic9
Cyprus2

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 10Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 34Abstain 10Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 11Abstain 3Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 5Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 30Abstain 7Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 4Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 7Abstain 3Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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