← Votes·2024-03-12

Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) ***I

Vote ID 166226Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (467 for, 65 against, 74 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

467

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

402 votes

Turnout (cast)

606

Absent

Participation rate

86.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 142Against 3Abstain 6Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 6Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 41Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 29Abstain 7Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 10Abstain 10Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Germany66
Spain49
Italy36
Netherlands22

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 11Abstain 9Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 26Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 24Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 2Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

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