← Votes·2024-03-12

Industrial Emissions Directive ***I

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 166310Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Industrial Emissions Directive ***I”. EPP, Renew, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (293 for, 306 against, 16 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

293

Against

306

Abstain

Margin of victory

13 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 13 votes. 90 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (90) was larger than the 13-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
Renewhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 13)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 109Against 45Abstain 2Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 2Against 117Abstain 4Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 46Against 31Abstain 7Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 54Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 13Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 32Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France46
Italy39
Poland38
Romania15
Czech Republic10

Most against

Germany48
Spain31
Netherlands20
Portugal15
Sweden15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Germany
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 23Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 48Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 24Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 8Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 38Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 5Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 23Against 31Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs