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Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening ***I

Climate & Environment66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "carbon"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 178285Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Climate
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening ***I”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (617 for, 18 against, 19 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

617

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

599 votes

Turnout (cast)

654

Absent

Participation rate

90.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 168Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

PfE82 MEPs

For 62Against 6Abstain 10Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 7Abstain 1Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

ESN27 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany91
France70
Italy59
Spain50
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 70Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 7Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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