← Votes·2025-07-09

European Climate Law ***I

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "climate"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 178111Source: 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: Climate
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “European Climate Law ***I”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (300 for, 379 against, 8 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

300

Against

379

Abstain

Margin of victory

79 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

95.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 171Abstain 0Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 81Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 79Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 5Absent 5

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France39
Netherlands17
Belgium13
Sweden13
Finland11

Most against

Germany47
Poland46
Italy39
Spain30
Czech Republic19

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 39Against 39Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 47Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 39Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 46Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 30Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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