During votes in the European Parliament on climate issues, the centrist Renew Europe group is the kingmaker, swaying the S&D, Greens/EFA and The Left groups in some cases, and the EPP and ECR groups in other ones, according to a study published, on Thursday 29 April, by the Jacques Delors Institute.
Conducted in collaboration with VoteWatch Europe, this study analyses MEPs’ votes on environmental issues, focusing on the alliances formed in the European Parliament on climate issues.
The analysis shows first of all the existence of a “clear and unbroken fault line between progressives (S&D, Greens/EFA, The Left) and conservatives (EPP, ECR) in addition to Identity and Democracy (ID) regarding most environmental issues”, underlines the Jacques Delors Institute.
The Renew Europe group, on the other hand, has a “pivotal role”, according to the study, siding with either the progressives or the conservatives, depending on the issues and the challenges.
The study also highlights the fact that MEPs’ votes on these issues seem to depend more on their nationality than on their membership of a particular political group in the Parliament, especially when it comes to the energy transition.
See the study: https://bit.ly/339DxY9 (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)