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Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "schengen"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 159004Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 (548 for, 37 against, 9 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

548

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

511 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

111

Participation rate

84.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 2Abstain 3Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 23Abstain 3Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 0Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Italy58
France54
Spain48
Poland39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 14Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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