← Votes·2023-09-12

Renewable Energy Directive

Energy86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"
title/description contains "renewable"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157788Source: 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 “Renewable Energy Directive”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (470 for, 120 against, 40 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

470

Against

120

Abstain

Margin of victory

350 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 2Abstain 9Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 9Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 51Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 4Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 6Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Spain48
France47
Italy38
Romania29

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 19Abstain 8Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 10Abstain 5Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 8Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 21Abstain 6Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 25Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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