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Schengen Borders Code ***I

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "schengen"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168272Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Schengen Borders Code ***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 (311 for, 267 against, 53 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

311

Against

267

Abstain

Margin of victory

44 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 130Against 24Abstain 7Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 82Against 12Abstain 27Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 4Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 53Abstain 6Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 52Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 4Against 26Abstain 5Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 27Abstain 4Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Romania25
Portugal15
Bulgaria14
Netherlands12

Most against

France43
Italy43
Spain33
Poland24
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 43Abstain 1Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 38Abstain 2Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 43Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 8Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 16Against 24Abstain 4Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 7Against 33Abstain 17Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 5Absent 0

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