← Votes·2023-07-11

Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative)

Vote ID 156569Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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+0 / 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 maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (555 for, 48 against, 25 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

555

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

507 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 163Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 24Against 30Abstain 3Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 9Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 9Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 2Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France72
Italy64
Spain41
Poland27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 4Abstain 10Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 27Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 4Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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