← Votes·2025-05-08

CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 ***I

Vote ID 176302Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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 “CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 ***I”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (458 for, 101 against, 14 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

458

Against

101

Abstain

Margin of victory

357 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

147

Participation rate

79.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 133Against 1Abstain 7Absent 44

S&D135 MEPs

For 95Against 14Abstain 0Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 2Absent 14

PfE81 MEPs

For 64Against 4Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew79 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 1Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 1Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany60
France53
Italy47
Poland45
Spain40

Most against

Sweden11
Greece4

Divided delegations

Finland
Greece
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 53Against 12Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 18Abstain 2Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 3Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 16Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 6Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 4Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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