← Votes·2024-02-28

Ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "frontex"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 164578Source: 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal”. S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (212 for, 347 against, 29 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

212

Against

347

Abstain

Margin of victory

135 votes

Turnout (cast)

588

Absent

117

Participation rate

83.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 6Against 129Abstain 16Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 3Abstain 0Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 2Abstain 3Absent 15

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 2Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 1Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 19Abstain 3Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 27Abstain 1Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain26
Portugal9
Denmark7
Estonia5
Slovakia5

Most against

Germany65
France38
Poland34
Italy32
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Hungary
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 38Abstain 0Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 18Against 65Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 32Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 34Abstain 1Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 26Against 22Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 2Absent 0

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