← Votes·2023-11-09

Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7)

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "emissions"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 159869Source: 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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7)”. EPP, Renew, ECR and PfE voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (329 for, 230 against, 41 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

329

Against

230

Abstain

Margin of victory

99 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.5%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 139Against 7Abstain 8Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 25Against 71Abstain 13Absent 27

Renew100 MEPs

For 70Against 10Abstain 4Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 59Abstain 4Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 46Against 11Abstain 3Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 38Against 12Abstain 4Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 5Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France39
Spain37
Italy35
Poland32
Romania16

Most against

Germany44
Austria10
Portugal10
Bulgaria9
Greece9

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 39Against 25Abstain 1Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 29Against 44Abstain 8Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 22Abstain 6Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 11Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland49 MEPs

For 32Against 11Abstain 2Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 13Abstain 3Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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