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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 177516Source: 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: Energy
✓Strong 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+12 / 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”. PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (160 for, 387 against, 29 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

160

Against

387

Abstain

Margin of victory

227 votes

Turnout (cast)

576

Absent

144

Participation rate

80.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 9Against 126Abstain 2Absent 48

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 106Abstain 5Absent 24

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 61Against 2Abstain 2Absent 17

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 1Absent 12

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 15Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

Hungary11
Czech Republic9
Sweden8
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany55
France41
Spain36
Italy35
Poland25

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 29Against 41Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 9Against 55Abstain 13Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 2Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 35Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 36Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 7Absent 2

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