← Votes·2023-11-21

Union certification framework for carbon removals

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "carbon"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 160129Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+15 / 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 certification framework for carbon removals”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR, PfE and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (448 for, 65 against, 114 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

448

Against

Abstain

114

Margin of victory

383 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

89.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 4Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 108Against 4Abstain 4Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 44Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 26Abstain 29Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 10Abstain 11Absent 8

The Left36 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 21Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
France49
Spain42
Italy40
Romania23

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 17Abstain 5Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 10Abstain 7Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 4Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 30Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland51 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 22Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 6Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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