← Votes·2026-01-20

Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking

Security64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "trafficking"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Security →

Vote ID 183540Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking”. PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (169 for, 440 against, 30 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

169

Against

440

Abstain

Margin of victory

271 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 10Against 155Abstain 2Absent 18

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 124Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 45Against 2Abstain 24Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic14
Hungary11
Slovakia8

Most against

Germany73
Spain45
Italy40
France39
Poland25

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Italy
Latvia
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 39Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 13Against 73Abstain 2Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 40Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 25Abstain 17Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 3Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 45Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…