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Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system

Energy86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "energy"
title/description contains "electricity"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 177515Source: 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: Energy
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 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 “Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (405 for, 163 against, 10 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

405

Against

163

Abstain

Margin of victory

242 votes

Turnout (cast)

578

Absent

142

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 139Against 0Abstain 0Absent 46

S&D135 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 59Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew79 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 9Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
France40
Spain39
Italy35
Poland26

Most against

Hungary11
Czech Republic9

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 40Against 31Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 14Abstain 7Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 24Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 20Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 39Against 6Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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