← Votes·2025-04-02

Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement *

Internal Market64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "free movement"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 173708Source: 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+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 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 “Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement *”. EPP, S&D and Renew voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (377 for, 279 against, 16 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

377

Against

279

Abstain

Margin of victory

98 votes

Turnout (cast)

672

Absent

Participation rate

93.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 157Against 8Abstain 1Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 129Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 71Abstain 4Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 6Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 3Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 8Against 35Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Spain41
Poland27
Romania21
Portugal17

Most against

France45
Italy37
Greece17
Hungary10
Latvia5

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 32Against 45Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 51Against 36Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 37Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

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