← Votes·2023-09-14

Union’s electricity market design

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "electricity"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 158371Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “Union’s electricity market design”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (366 for, 186 against, 18 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

366

Against

186

Abstain

Margin of victory

180 votes

Turnout (cast)

570

Absent

135

Participation rate

80.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 105Against 41Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 2Abstain 5Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 59Against 24Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 6Against 47Abstain 3Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 19Against 28Abstain 3Absent 14

The Left37 MEPs

For 2Against 28Abstain 2Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 2Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy58
Spain43
Netherlands19
Portugal17

Most against

France47
Poland35
Czech Republic9
Slovakia6
Slovenia5

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
Hungary
Ireland
Romania
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 11Against 47Abstain 5Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 13Abstain 1Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 35Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

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