← Votes·2023-05-11

The adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "privacy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 155389Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+10 / 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 adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. EPP, ECR and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (306 for, 27 against, 231 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

306

Against

Abstain

231

Margin of victory

279 votes

Turnout (cast)

564

Absent

141

Participation rate

80.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 123Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 9Absent 26

Renew100 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 26Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 41Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 24Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 7Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany52
France48
Spain33
Netherlands16
Portugal14

Most against

Czech Republic7

Divided delegations

Czech Republic

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 6Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 6Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 18Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 24Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 7Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 26Absent 25

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 9Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 37Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 11Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 14Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 14Absent 0

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