← Votes·2025-05-22

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 176896Source: 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
✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism ***I”. ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (195 for, 387 against, 11 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

195

Against

387

Abstain

Margin of victory

192 votes

Turnout (cast)

593

Absent

127

Participation rate

82.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 16Against 135Abstain 1Absent 33

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 104Abstain 1Absent 30

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 61Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 44Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 8Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Czech Republic11
Romania11
Hungary9
Slovakia6

Most against

Germany56
Spain46
Italy33
Poland24
Netherlands20

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 34Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 18Against 56Abstain 5Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 33Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 24Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 2Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs