Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Climate & environment
Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 473
- Against
- 81
- Abstained
- 9
roll-call vote at 12:07 · 84% of votes cast in favour
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left, Greens
- The Left Against 1 for, 31 against, 4 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 0 for, 45 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 108 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 61 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 143 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 188
- ECR For 57 for, 1 against, 2 abstainedof 81
- Patriots For 60 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 86
- ESN For 22 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 28
- No group not a group 21 for, 3 against, 1 abstainedof 31
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
11 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (31 of 36). For: 1, Abstained: 4
Elena Kountoura (Greece, abstained), João Oliveira (Portugal, abstained), Konstantinos Arvanitis (Greece, abstained), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, abstained), Nikos Pappas (Greece, for)
S&D voted for (108 of 109). Abstained: 1
Maria Grapini (Romania)
EPP voted for (143 of 144). Abstained: 1
Manuela Ripa (Germany)
ECR voted for (57 of 60). Against: 1, Abstained: 2
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, against)
ESN voted for (22 of 23). Against: 1
Petr Bystron (Germany)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (3 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 rejected).
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