Ranking European Parliamentarians on Climate Action Portugal

RANKING OF NATIONAL RANKING OF About POLITICAL PARTIES PARLIAMENTARIANS Regardless of their words and promises, based on 2009-2014 voting records it is the voting behavior of Members on climate and energy policies VERY Good of the that really 100%  Alda SOUSA* (BE) shows what they and their national po- VERY Good 100%  Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS (PS) litical parties are actually supporting. 90%  Ana GOMES (PS) As we approach the 2014 European Bloco de Esquerda 90%  António Fernando CORREIA DE Parliamentary elections, Climate Action 90% (BE) GUE/NGL CAMPOS (PS) Network Europe provides you with this 2 90%  Elisa FERREIRA (PS) analysis on how political parties and 90%  Luís Paulo ALVES (PS) their parliamentarians have voted in the 90%  (BE) last five years. The scorecard helps in Partido Socialista 90%  Rui TAVARES (–) understanding who has supported more 90% (PS) S&D 90%  Vital MOREIRA (PS) adequate climate action in Europe. 7 80%  Carlos COELHO (PSD) The scorecards reflect how European par- 80%  Edite ESTRELA (PS) liamentarians have voted on ten climate 80%  Regina BASTOS (PSD) and energy issues during the 2009-2014 Good 75%  Inês Cristina ZUBER* (PCP) parliamentary term.** Parliamentarians were given a point when voting in favor Partido Comunista Good of more ambitious climate and energy Português 70%  José Manuel FERNANDES (PSD) 65% policies, or no point if they didn't (includ- (PCP) GUE/NGL 70%  Maria Da Graça CARVALHO (PSD) ing cases where they did not vote). 2 70%  Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES (PSD) 70%  Nuno MELO (PP) The scores of all parliamentarians were Partido Social 67%  Miguel PORTAS* (BE) allocated to the different national politi- 63% Democrata (PSD) EPP 60%  João FERREIRA (PCP) cal parties they represent. 8 60%  Nuno TEIXEIRA (PSD) For ease of use, all scores were labeled 50%  Diogo FEIO (PP) according to the amount of positive 50%  Ilda FIGUEIREDO* (PCP) votes: very good (  75-100%), good Partido Popular (  50-74%), bad (  25-49%), and very 60% (PP) EPP BAD bad (  0-24%). 2 40%  (PSD) 30%  Mário DAVID (PSD) For more detailed information, please consult our full Scorecards Back- ground Document and Scorecards Analysis at www.caneurope.org/ VoteForClimateAction

* This person has not been an MEP for the com- plete 2009-2014 term. ** The votes cover the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, the 2020 and 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, renewable energy policies, energy efficiency policies, the interna- tional climate negotiations, climate in develop- ment policies, international climate finance and the Mechanism for Monitoring and Reporting.

European POLITICAL GROUP MEMBERSHIP

ALDE Alliance Greens/EFA of Liberals and Greens/European Democrats for Europe Free Alliance ECR European GUE/NGL European Conservatives and United Left – Nordic Reformists Green Left EFD Europe of NM Non-attached Freedom and Members Democracy S&D Progressive EPP European Alliance of Socialists People’s Party and Democrats More Information: www.caneurope.org/VoteForClimateAction