← Votes·2024-04-10

Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ***I

Vote ID 167003Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ***I”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (329 for, 213 against, 79 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

213

Abstain

Margin of victory

116 votes

Turnout (cast)

621

Absent

Participation rate

88.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 12Against 136Abstain 8Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 5Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 14Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 31Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 11Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 10Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
France46
Spain37
Italy27
Netherlands17

Most against

Poland36
Sweden14
Czech Republic11
Bulgaria8
Ireland5

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 24Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 31Abstain 8Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 8Abstain 24Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 36Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 13Abstain 5Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

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