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A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union

Digital Policy66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "cybersecurity"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 149824Source: 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: Digital
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 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 “A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (577 for, 6 against, 31 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

577

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

571 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

PfE66 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 50Against 2Abstain 3Absent 9

NI45 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 3Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 20Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France67
Italy65
Poland46
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy75 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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