← Votes·2024-04-25

Advance passenger information: enhancing and facilitating external border controls ***I

Vote ID 168446Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Advance passenger information: enhancing and facilitating external border controls ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (492 for, 33 against, 10 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

492

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

459 votes

Turnout (cast)

535

Absent

170

Participation rate

75.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 2Absent 12

ECR65 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 1Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 0Absent 21

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 3Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 3Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France61
Spain45
Poland41
Italy40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 61Against 4Abstain 2Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 7Abstain 1Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

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