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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area

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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Enlargement65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "accession"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 149218Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓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+10 / 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 “The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (547 for, 49 against, 43 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

547

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

498 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP176 MEPs

For 153Against 2Abstain 10Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR62 MEPs

For 45Against 8Abstain 4Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 10Against 28Abstain 18Absent 9

NI44 MEPs

For 30Against 6Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Spain54
Poland49
France46
Italy43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 20Abstain 8Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 8Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy67 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 19Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 6Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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