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The Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States

Justice64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european arrest warrant"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 126689Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (392 for, 278 against, 23 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

392

Against

278

Abstain

Margin of victory

114 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 8Against 167Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Renew100 MEPs

For 95Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 21Against 39Abstain 6Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 52Abstain 7Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 26Against 11Abstain 7Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Germany56
Spain41
Romania18
Netherlands17

Most against

Italy43
Poland43
Hungary13
Greece11
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 28Abstain 10Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 14Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 17Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

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