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Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims ***I

Security64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trafficking"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168442Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (563 for, 7 against, 17 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

563

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

556 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

118

Participation rate

83.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 147Against 3Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 1Abstain 3Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 3Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 2Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France70
Italy57
Spain52
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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