← Votes·2022-05-04

Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation

Taxation65%★

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Vote ID 142263Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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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+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (480 for, 143 against, 20 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

480

Against

143

Abstain

Margin of victory

337 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

91.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 93Against 20Abstain 12Absent 11

Renew101 MEPs

For 90Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 64Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 58Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 14Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy66
France47
Spain45
Poland44
Romania25

Most against

Germany47

Divided delegations

Austria
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 13Abstain 7Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 47Abstain 3Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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