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Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes ***I

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "migrant"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Security64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trafficking"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 181995Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes ***I”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (556 for, 74 against, 7 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

556

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

482 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 113Against 1Abstain 3Absent 18

PfE84 MEPs

For 76Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 4Against 40Abstain 3Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 28Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France61
Italy54
Poland48
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Finland
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 61Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 18Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 5Abstain 2Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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