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The accession to the Schengen area

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "schengen"

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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Vote ID 156849Source: 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
✓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+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “The accession to the Schengen area”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (526 for, 57 against, 42 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

526

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

469 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 140Against 9Abstain 11Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 11Against 29Abstain 21Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 8Abstain 5Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 7Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
Spain52
Poland46
Italy44
France42

Most against

Austria10

Divided delegations

Austria

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 19Abstain 8Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 22Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 3Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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