← Votes·2019-12-17

EC/Switzerland/Liechtenstein Agreement on establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum: access to Eurodac. Protocol

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "asylum"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 110684Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓High participation

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “EC/Switzerland/Liechtenstein Agreement on establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum: access to Eurodac. Protocol”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (596 for, 35 against, 4 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

596

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

561 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

93.7%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 163Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

S&D132 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew96 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

PfE64 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR59 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI43 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 29Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
Italy65
France63
Poland46
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France74 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland51 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania32 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain54 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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