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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement

Migration & Asylum66%
Confidence: 66%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "asylum"
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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Justice64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "judicial cooperation"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 155091Source: official EP roll-call records
84
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • High-interest topic: Migration
  • Some political group division
  • Some national delegation divergence
  • High participation
  • Many 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+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 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (464 for, 81 against, 45 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
464
Against
81
Abstain
45
Margin of victory
383 votes
Turnout (cast)
590
Absent
115
Participation rate
83.7%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 139Against 1Abstain 8Absent 31
S&D136 MEPs
For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13
Renew100 MEPs
For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 64Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5
ECR65 MEPs
For 4Against 36Abstain 13Absent 12
PfE64 MEPs
For 1Against 30Abstain 18Absent 15
The Left37 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
NI46 MEPs
For 14Against 11Abstain 3Absent 18
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany75
  • France50
  • Spain47
  • Italy34
  • Romania27
Most against
  • Hungary10
Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Poland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 3Absent 7
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 5Abstain 4Absent 4
Denmark14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 50Against 13Abstain 1Absent 15
Germany96 MEPs
For 75Against 10Abstain 0Absent 11
Greece21 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11
Hungary21 MEPs
For 7Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3
Ireland13 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 34Against 2Abstain 22Absent 18
Latvia8 MEPs
For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Malta6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 18Abstain 4Absent 6
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Romania33 MEPs
For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain59 MEPs
For 47Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

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