← Votes·2023-04-18

Sustainable Carbon Cycles

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 154235Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Sustainable Carbon Cycles”. EPP, Renew and PfE voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (323 for, 257 against, 59 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

323

Against

257

Abstain

Margin of victory

66 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 3Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 4Against 118Abstain 1Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 7Against 58Abstain 2Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 32Against 12Abstain 18Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 25Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 8Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 1Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy45
France28
Romania21
Hungary15
Belgium11

Most against

Germany50
Spain28
Netherlands15
Portugal14
Sweden12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 28Against 27Abstain 18Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 50Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 20Abstain 6Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 21Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 27Against 28Abstain 1Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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