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The situation in the Schengen area following the COVID19 outbreak

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "schengen"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 115498Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “The situation in the Schengen area following the COVID19 outbreak”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (520 for, 86 against, 59 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

520

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

434 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

94.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 4Abstain 2Absent 8

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 7Against 51Abstain 4Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 46Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France55
Spain53
Italy38
Romania32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Denmark
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 22Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 9Abstain 1Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 29Abstain 6Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 25Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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