← Votes·2023-07-12

Nature restoration

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "nature restoration"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157420Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Nature restoration”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (336 for, 300 against, 13 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

336

Against

300

Abstain

Margin of victory

36 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

92.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 24Against 142Abstain 3Absent 10

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 70Against 17Abstain 9Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 54Abstain 1Absent 5

The Left37 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 18Abstain 0Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France49
Spain33
Belgium14
Denmark13
Ireland13

Most against

Germany48
Italy41
Poland37
Netherlands15
Romania15

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 48Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 41Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 37Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 17Abstain 2Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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