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Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries *

Vote ID 168631Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries *”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (521 for, 89 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

521

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

432 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 2Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 22Against 35Abstain 2Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 43Abstain 4Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 7Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France59
Spain54
Italy33
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 59Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 10Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 23Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 22Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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