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Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148 ***I

Vote ID 166936Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant 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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 15

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What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148 ***I”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (329 for, 253 against, 40 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

329

Against

253

Abstain

Margin of victory

76 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 126Against 16Abstain 14Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 85Against 29Abstain 7Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 3Abstain 4Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 3Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 10Against 42Abstain 5Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 35Abstain 0Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 6Against 27Abstain 4Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain40
Italy37
Romania15
Portugal14

Most against

France39
Poland37
Netherlands14
Hungary12
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 7Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 23Against 39Abstain 9Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 42Abstain 4Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 24Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 37Abstain 5Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 7Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 14Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

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