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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 183554Source: 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
✓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+0 / 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, PfE, ECR, Renew, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (589 for, 51 against, 5 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

589

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

538 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

89.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 172Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 123Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France69
Italy68
Spain49
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 69Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 14Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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