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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism ***I

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "carbon"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 176873Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓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+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 “Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism ***I”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (564 for, 20 against, 12 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

564

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

544 votes

Turnout (cast)

596

Absent

124

Participation rate

82.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 153Against 1Abstain 0Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 104Against 2Abstain 0Absent 29

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 56Against 6Abstain 5Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 26Against 8Abstain 3Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France62
Italy55
Spain52
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 62Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 6Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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