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Electronic evidence regulation: European production and preservation orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters

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Vote ID 155928Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 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+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 “Electronic evidence regulation: European production and preservation orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters”. EPP, S&D, Renew and PfE voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (433 for, 157 against, 34 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

433

Against

157

Abstain

Margin of victory

276 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 1Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 15Against 37Abstain 7Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 37Against 6Abstain 12Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 19Abstain 6Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 28Abstain 4Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy61
France50
Germany44
Spain40
Netherlands18

Most against

Poland26
Hungary7

Divided delegations

Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 20Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 30Abstain 8Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 6Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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