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Amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA, as regards its alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data

Vote ID 135242Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
15
/ 100

Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+3 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 10
Group division+0 / 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 “Amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA, as regards its alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (639 for, 28 against, 21 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
639
Against
28
Abstain
21
Margin of victory
611 votes
Turnout (cast)
688
Absent
17
Participation rate
97.6%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 176Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
Renew101 MEPs
For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
PfE67 MEPs
For 34Against 18Abstain 14Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 59Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 31Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany82
  • Italy73
  • Spain58
  • France56
  • Poland51
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 82Against 0Abstain 10Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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