← Votes·2024-04-10

Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund ***

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "border management"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 167033Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (503 for, 34 against, 73 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

503

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

469 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

Participation rate

86.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 1Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 2Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 60Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 5Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 28Abstain 4Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
Italy53
France52
Poland46
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 5Abstain 12Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 6Abstain 23Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 5Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 5Abstain 4Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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