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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 177523Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (397 for, 162 against, 21 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

397

Against

162

Abstain

Margin of victory

235 votes

Turnout (cast)

580

Absent

140

Participation rate

80.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 134Against 5Abstain 0Absent 46

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 63Abstain 1Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 17Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 3Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
France39
Spain36
Italy35
Poland26

Most against

Hungary10
Czech Republic9
Cyprus1

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 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 39Against 31Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 7Abstain 14Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 1Absent 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 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 36Against 8Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

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