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General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation ***I

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "data protection"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 179820Source: 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 “General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (533 for, 43 against, 68 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

533

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

490 votes

Turnout (cast)

644

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE83 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 49Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 3Abstain 2Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 13Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Italy52
France49
Poland43
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 28Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 13Abstain 7Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 4Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 5Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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