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Improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market ***I

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 164580Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Energy
✓Some political group division
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market ***I”. EPP, Renew, S&D, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (440 for, 32 against, 31 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

440

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

408 votes

Turnout (cast)

503

Absent

202

Participation rate

71.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 0Absent 50

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 0Absent 54

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 51Against 2Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR65 MEPs

For 39Against 2Abstain 5Absent 19

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 21Absent 19

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 2Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
France46
Poland40
Spain35
Italy29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 16Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 7Abstain 0Absent 28

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 14Absent 33

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 3Absent 21

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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