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Data Act

Vote ID 159752Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Data Act”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (481 for, 31 against, 71 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

481

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

450 votes

Turnout (cast)

583

Absent

119

Participation rate

83.0%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 148Against 0Abstain 2Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Renew100 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR64 MEPs

For 29Against 18Abstain 12Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 42Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 4Absent 14

The Left37 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 7Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
France48
Spain46
Poland43
Italy35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 16Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 2Abstain 9Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 27Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland49 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

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