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Implementation of Article 43 of the Asylum Procedures Directive

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 127626Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
91
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High-interest topic: Migration
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Significant 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+10 / 10
Group division+12 / 15
Country division+12 / 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 “Implementation of Article 43 of the Asylum Procedures Directive”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 124 against, 55 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
505
Against
124
Abstain
55
Margin of victory
381 votes
Turnout (cast)
684
Absent
21
Participation rate
97.0%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 155Against 11Abstain 9Absent 4
S&D136 MEPs
For 123Against 0Abstain 3Absent 10
Renew101 MEPs
For 95Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 2Against 65Abstain 0Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 2Against 23Abstain 37Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 20Against 21Abstain 1Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany82
  • Spain53
  • France47
  • Italy40
  • Romania30
Most against
  • Hungary13
Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Italy
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 12Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 7Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2
France79 MEPs
For 47Against 30Abstain 1Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 82Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 40Against 35Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 23Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 30Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 53Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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