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Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”) - Case C-311/18

Civil Liberties64%★
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "data protection"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 131770Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
78
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+8 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”) - Case C-311/18”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (541 for, 1 against, 151 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
541
Against
1
Abstain
151
Margin of victory
540 votes
Turnout (cast)
693
Absent
12
Participation rate
98.3%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 168Against 0Abstain 9Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 133Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Renew101 MEPs
For 94Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 57Absent 2
ECR63 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 56Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 24Against 1Abstain 18Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 34Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany83
  • France55
  • Spain55
  • Italy40
  • Romania32
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 9Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 22Absent 2
Germany96 MEPs
For 83Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 12Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 8Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 40Against 0Abstain 34Absent 2
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 26Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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