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The time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "european commission"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 166609Source: 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+5 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “The time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (535 for, 1 against, 1 abstentions).

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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

535

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

534 votes

Turnout (cast)

537

Absent

168

Participation rate

76.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 1Absent 48

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France70
Italy50
Spain49
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

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