← Votes·2024-02-06

Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data ***I

Vote ID 163769Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 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 “Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (630 for, 1 against, 6 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

630

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

629 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany88
France72
Italy65
Spain54
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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