← Votes·2025-01-21

EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia ***

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "serbia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171425Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia ***”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 90 against, 43 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

505

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

415 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 167Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 5Abstain 1Absent 13

PfE81 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 2Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 30Abstain 11Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 20Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France60
Italy57
Germany53
Spain47
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Finland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 60Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 18Abstain 16Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 5Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 5Abstain 8Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

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