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Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) ***I

Energy86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "renewable"
title/description contains "hydrogen"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Internal Market64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "internal market"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 166842Source: 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: Energy
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA, PfE and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (425 for, 64 against, 100 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

425

Against

Abstain

100

Margin of victory

361 votes

Turnout (cast)

589

Absent

116

Participation rate

83.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 10Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 7Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 39Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 56Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 24Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 28Abstain 3Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 15Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy51
Germany48
Poland47
Spain39
France31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 14Abstain 20Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 14Abstain 22Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 3Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 9Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 2Abstain 6Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 7Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 6Abstain 5Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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