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Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure

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 159002Source: 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
✓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+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 “Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (573 for, 36 against, 16 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

573

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

537 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 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 9Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 29Against 23Abstain 3Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 7Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Italy63
France56
Spain52
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 15Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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