← 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 169579Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓High participation

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (597 for, 5 against, 4 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

597

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

592 votes

Turnout (cast)

606

Absent

115

Participation rate

84.0%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 0Absent 32

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE77 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 4Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France73
Italy63
Spain53
Poland50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary20 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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