← Votes·2023-10-05

Schengen Borders Code

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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Vote ID 158878Source: 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
✓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+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 “Schengen Borders Code”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (370 for, 163 against, 31 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

370

Against

163

Abstain

Margin of victory

207 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 105Against 30Abstain 11Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 93Against 4Abstain 6Absent 33

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 2Abstain 2Absent 17

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 53Abstain 4Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 3Absent 17

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 51Abstain 1Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 19Abstain 1Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 2Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Spain45
France36
Italy29
Romania26

Most against

Poland33
Hungary11
Czech Republic9
Lithuania6
Latvia5

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Italy
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 4Absent 8

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 2Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 26Abstain 2Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 9Abstain 1Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 27Abstain 1Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 33Abstain 4Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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