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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 177532Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (418 for, 112 against, 45 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

418

Against

112

Abstain

Margin of victory

306 votes

Turnout (cast)

575

Absent

145

Participation rate

79.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 130Against 1Abstain 5Absent 49

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 5Abstain 0Absent 25

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 22Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 37Against 23Abstain 6Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 10Absent 11

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 1Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Italy54
Spain38
Poland27
Netherlands22

Most against

France31

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Poland
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 5Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 27Against 31Abstain 13Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 14Abstain 1Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 2Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 5Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 21Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 38Against 5Abstain 0Absent 17

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

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