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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

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Vote ID 183541Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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”. EPP, PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (350 for, 277 against, 13 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

350

Against

277

Abstain

Margin of victory

73 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

89.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 152Against 9Abstain 5Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 120Abstain 2Absent 13

PfE84 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 5Against 62Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 50Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 2Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 4Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland44
France40
Italy38
Spain28
Czech Republic18

Most against

Germany42
Netherlands17
Romania15
Belgium13
Finland10

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 33Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 42Abstain 3Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 33Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 5Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 24Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 2Absent 2

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