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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 183543Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low 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+0 / 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”. 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 (207 for, 431 against, 9 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

207

Against

431

Abstain

Margin of victory

224 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

90.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 18Against 148Abstain 2Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 124Abstain 2Absent 9

PfE84 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 2Abstain 2Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic15
Hungary10
Slovakia7

Most against

Germany62
Spain44
Italy42
France39
Poland26

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 39Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 23Against 62Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 42Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 23Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 44Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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