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Protection of minors online

Vote ID 181520Source: 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+10 / 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 “Protection of minors online”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (483 for, 92 against, 86 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

483

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

391 votes

Turnout (cast)

661

Absent

Participation rate

91.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 165Against 3Abstain 6Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 3Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 42Against 19Abstain 19Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 38Abstain 35Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 6Abstain 3Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 13Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 4Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Germany63
Spain46
Italy39
Poland28

Most against

Estonia3

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Estonia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 11Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 17Abstain 10Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 28Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 28Against 20Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

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