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Union’s electricity market design: Regulation ***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 167411Source: 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+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 “Union’s electricity market design: Regulation ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (433 for, 140 against, 15 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

433

Against

140

Abstain

Margin of victory

293 votes

Turnout (cast)

588

Absent

117

Participation rate

83.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 1Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 108Against 5Abstain 3Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 58Abstain 2Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 6Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 22Abstain 3Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 31Abstain 1Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 0Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy50
Germany48
Poland47
Spain37
Netherlands18

Most against

France33

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 33Abstain 3Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 36Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 7Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 10Abstain 4Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

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