← Votes·2023-10-18

Additional technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which certain economic activities qualify as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether those activities cause no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "climate"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 159432Source: 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: Climate
✓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 “Additional technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which certain economic activities qualify as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether those activities cause no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives”. ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (149 for, 461 against, 22 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

149

Against

461

Abstain

Margin of victory

312 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 20Against 125Abstain 15Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 122Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 87Abstain 3Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 51Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 25Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 1Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy32
Poland24
Czech Republic10
Sweden9

Most against

Germany70
Spain50
France45
Romania26
Portugal21

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 19Against 45Abstain 9Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 70Abstain 1Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 31Abstain 1Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 5Against 19Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 22Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 26Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 50Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

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