← Votes·2024-04-10

Establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast) ***I

Vote ID 166929Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (404 for, 202 against, 16 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

404

Against

202

Abstain

Margin of victory

202 votes

Turnout (cast)

622

Absent

Participation rate

88.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 142Against 13Abstain 1Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 93Against 28Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 4Abstain 3Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 2Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 34Against 23Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 38Against 9Abstain 4Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 26Abstain 3Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 32Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
France47
Spain42
Italy35
Netherlands18

Most against

Poland37
Hungary11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 24Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 31Abstain 4Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 25Abstain 1Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 37Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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