← Votes·2024-09-19

The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "climate"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 169573Source: 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
✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change”. EPP, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (427 for, 151 against, 25 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.

Result analysis

For

427

Against

151

Abstain

Margin of victory

276 votes

Turnout (cast)

603

Absent

118

Participation rate

83.6%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 145Against 3Abstain 0Absent 40

S&D135 MEPs

For 10Against 97Abstain 1Absent 27

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE77 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 37Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 9Against 29Abstain 0Absent 7

NI30 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 4Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 18Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France61
Poland47
Germany43
Italy39
Spain34

Most against

Sweden10
Finland6
Malta2

Divided delegations

Denmark
Finland
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania
Portugal
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

France82 MEPs

For 61Against 10Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 20Abstain 14Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary20 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 24Abstain 1Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 34Against 21Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

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