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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 183549Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (543 for, 59 against, 41 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

543

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

484 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 3Abstain 1Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 5Absent 8

PfE84 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 16Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 19Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France68
Italy67
Germany61
Spain45
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 15Abstain 10Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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