← Votes·2023-07-11

Industrial Emissions Directive

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 156709Source: 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 “Industrial Emissions Directive”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (396 for, 102 against, 131 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

396

Against

102

Abstain

131

Margin of victory

294 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 1Abstain 11Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 1Abstain 2Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 2Abstain 8Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 64Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 20Against 36Abstain 2Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 35Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 4Against 25Abstain 5Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 19Abstain 3Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy56
France37
Spain34
Romania25
Poland24

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

France
Germany
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 23Abstain 14Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 33Against 19Abstain 41Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 2Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 2Abstain 9Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 5Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 24Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 7Abstain 4Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs