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European Parliament C10-0258/2026 Passed

Postponement of methane emission obligations in the energy sector

Official title: Beperking van de methaanemissies in de energiesector: uitstel van bepaalde verplichtingen ***I

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: โ€˜Adoptedโ€™)

In plain language

  • Since only the title is available, we only know that this report concerns postponing certain obligations to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector.
  • This mainly affects energy companies and regulatory authorities; further details are not specified in the document.
  • For you as a citizen, nothing directly changes right now, as the precise consequences and timelines are not mentioned in the title.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

How parliament voted

Passed on 22 October 2026

341 for ยท 225 against ยท 6 abstention(s)

In the European Parliament, a parliamentary group is a group of MEPs from like-minded parties in different countries. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

  • For
  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: colour of the group
  • EPP (Christian Democrats) Divided

    140 for ยท 1 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • S&D (Social Democrats) Divided

    7 for ยท 91 against ยท 4 abstentions

  • Patriots for Europe Voted for

    71 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • Renew (Liberals) Divided

    25 for ยท 40 against ยท 2 abstentions

  • ECR (Conservatives) Voted for

    66 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • Greens/EFA Voted against

    0 for ยท 46 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • The Left Voted against

    0 for ยท 37 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • Europe of Sovereign Nations Voted for

    21 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • Non-attached Divided

    11 for ยท 10 against ยท 0 abstentions

How MEPs voted, by country

Each country elects its own MEPs. Here you can see how the members from each country voted, regardless of their group.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช MEPs from Germany

Majority in favour

46 for ยท 35 against ยท 1 abstention

See all countries
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Figures: for / against / abstention.

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