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The UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28)

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 160292Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “The UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (462 for, 134 against, 30 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

462

Against

134

Abstain

Margin of victory

328 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 153Against 4Abstain 4Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 110Against 1Abstain 5Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 4Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 51Abstain 6Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 14Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left36 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France53
Spain41
Italy39
Romania25

Most against

Poland25
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 18Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 10Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 32Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland51 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 41Against 4Abstain 1Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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