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Arrangement with Iceland on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office

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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Vote ID 155541Source: 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
✓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+0 / 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 “Arrangement with Iceland on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (613 for, 15 against, 1 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

613

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

598 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 58Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 53Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France67
Italy62
Spain53
Poland51

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs