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Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "weapons"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182008Source: 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: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓High participation

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 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 “Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material”. Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (49 for, 600 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

Against

600

Abstain

Margin of victory

551 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

92.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 0Against 175Abstain 0Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 123Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 2Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 11Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany80
France66
Italy59
Spain52
Poland49

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 7Against 66Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 4Against 80Abstain 7Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 59Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 3Against 52Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

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