The climate and environment emergency
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Summary written by AI from the official roll-call record. It can make mistakes, so check the numbers.
- For429
- Against225
- Abstained19
- Absent78
- Margin
- +204
- Turnout
- 90%
How the groups voted
GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity
The Left3837001100%
S&D15414420899%
Greens/EFA74680
By country
- DE Germany44–48–0
- FR France50–20–0
- GB United Kingdom39–6–2
- IT Italy31–33–0
- ES Spain47–3–0
- PL Poland
Every MEP
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZEPP · PL
- Asim ADEMOVEPP · BG
- Isabella ADINOLFINon-attached · IT
- Matteo ADINOLFIID · IT
- Alex AGIUS SALIBAS&D · MT
- Mazaly AGUILARECR · ES
- Clara AGUILERAS&D · ES
- Scott AINSLIEGreens/EFA · GB
- Abir AL-SAHLANIRenew · SE
- Alexander ALEXANDROV YORDANOVEPP · BG
- François ALFONSIGreens/EFA · FR
- Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELIRenew · BG
- Christian ALLARDGreens/EFA · GB
- Álvaro AMAROEPP · PT
- Andris AMERIKSS&D · LV
- Martina ANDERSONGUE/NGL · GB
- Christine ANDERSONID · DE
- Rasmus ANDRESENGreens/EFA · DE
- Eric ANDRIEUS&D · FR
- Nikos ANDROULAKISS&D · GR
- Mathilde ANDROUËTID · FR
- Gerolf ANNEMANSID · BE
- Andrus ANSIPRenew · EE
- Attila ARA-KOVÁCSS&D · HU
- Maria ARENAS&D · BE
- Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍAEPP · ES
- Pascal ARIMONTEPP · BE
- Clotilde ARMANDRenew · RO
- Konstantinos ARVANITISThe Left · GR
- Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZEPP · PL
- Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOUEPP · GR
- Manon AUBRYThe Left · FR
- Margrete AUKENGreens/EFA · DK
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUSRenew · LT
- Carmen AVRAMS&D · RO
- Malik AZMANIRenew · NL
- Simona BALDASSARREID · IT
- Marek Paweł BALTS&D · PL
- Jordan BARDELLAID · FR
- Katarina BARLEYS&D · DE
- Pernando BARRENA ARZAThe Left · ES
- Pietro BARTOLOS&D · IT
- Alessandra BASSOID · IT
- José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZRenew · ES
- Nicolas BAYID · FR
- Catherine BEARDERRenew · GB
- Gunnar BECKID · DE
- Nicola BEERRenew · DE
- Tiziana BEGHINNon-attached · IT
- Aurélia BEIGNEUXID · FR
- Marek BELKAS&D · PL
- François-Xavier BELLAMYEPP · FR
- Dragoş BENEAS&D · RO
- Brando BENIFEIS&D · IT
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEAEPP · ES
- Phil BENNIONRenew · GB
- Hildegard BENTELEEPP · DE
- Tom BERENDSENEPP · NL
- Lars Patrick BERGID · DE
- Stefan BERGEREPP · DE
From the Parliament's press release
- The European Parliament adopted by 429 votes to 225, with 19 abstentions, a resolution on climate and environmental emergency.The text adopted in plenary had been tabled as a joint resolution by the S&D, Renew and GUE/NGL groups.Parliament declared a climatic and environmental emergency, considering that immediate and ambitious action is crucial to limiting global warming to 1.5ºC and avoiding a massive loss of biodiversity. It undertook to take urgent and concrete measures to combat and contain this threat before it is too late. It also called on the Commission, Member States and all global actors to do the same.The new Commission to:- assess the climate and environmental impact of all relevant legislative and budgetary proposals, and…