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The Schengen evaluation mechanism

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 141346Source: 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
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 Schengen evaluation mechanism”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (427 for, 102 against, 24 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

427

Against

102

Abstain

Margin of victory

325 votes

Turnout (cast)

553

Absent

152

Participation rate

78.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 146Against 2Abstain 0Absent 31

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 3Abstain 0Absent 32

Renew101 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 43Abstain 1Absent 15

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 37Abstain 0Absent 29

NI44 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 5Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 18Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France45
Spain43
Italy37
Poland25

Most against

Hungary6

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 2Abstain 0Absent 32

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 10Abstain 6Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 27Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 1Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 19Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 6Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

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