← Votes·2023-09-13

Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative)

Transport64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "aviation"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 158050Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 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 “Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (518 for, 97 against, 8 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

518

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

421 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

88.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 2Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 12Against 47Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 42Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 4Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 6Against 24Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Italy65
France64
Spain46
Romania28

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 3Abstain 2Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 15Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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