← Votes·2025-03-12

Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data ***

Vote ID 172114Source: 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
✓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+12 / 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 “Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. NI and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (521 for, 90 against, 45 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

431 votes

Turnout (cast)

656

Absent

Participation rate

91.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 3Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 65Against 6Abstain 3Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 5Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 32Abstain 2Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 13Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 19Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France63
Italy63
Germany51
Poland49
Spain44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 63Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 20Abstain 21Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 63Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 8Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

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