← Votes·2023-07-11

Energy Efficiency Directive

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 156757Source: 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: Energy
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Energy Efficiency Directive”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (471 for, 147 against, 17 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

471

Against

147

Abstain

Margin of victory

324 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 3Abstain 3Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 50Abstain 6Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 54Abstain 2Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 16Abstain 0Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France54
Spain42
Italy37
Romania27

Most against

Poland25
Hungary10
Finland7

Divided delegations

Finland
Italy
Netherlands
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 19Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 19Abstain 3Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 23Abstain 6Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 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 14Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 2Abstain 2Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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