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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 177519Source: 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
✓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 “Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (383 for, 184 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

383

Against

184

Abstain

Margin of victory

199 votes

Turnout (cast)

577

Absent

143

Participation rate

80.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 128Against 9Abstain 1Absent 47

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 5Abstain 0Absent 25

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 58Abstain 2Absent 18

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 1Absent 11

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 2Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
Spain37
Italy36
Poland26
Netherlands21

Most against

France36
Sweden13
Hungary11
Czech Republic7

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 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 2Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 34Against 36Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 20Abstain 1Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 22Abstain 0Absent 18

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 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 20Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 37Against 7Abstain 1Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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