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Union’s electricity market design: Directive ***I

Energy65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "electricity"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 167334Source: 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
✓Some 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+7 / 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 “Union’s electricity market design: Directive ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and PfE voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (473 for, 80 against, 27 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

473

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

393 votes

Turnout (cast)

580

Absent

125

Participation rate

82.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 138Against 4Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 6Abstain 0Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 6Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 12Abstain 18Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 29Abstain 1Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 2Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy48
Poland44
Spain41
France37

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 11Abstain 16Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 15Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 7Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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