← Votes·2025-11-26

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 182012Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (95 for, 471 against, 82 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

Against

471

Abstain

Margin of victory

376 votes

Turnout (cast)

648

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 170Abstain 1Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 104Abstain 0Absent 23

PfE84 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 63Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 13Against 60Abstain 3Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 10Against 38Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 11Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Malta3

Most against

Germany76
Italy52
Poland46
Spain42
Romania29

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Malta
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 20Against 12Abstain 30Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 10Against 76Abstain 6Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 4Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 52Abstain 6Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 6Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 3Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 29Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 4Against 42Abstain 6Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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