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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 183556Source: 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
✓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+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, S&D, ECR, Renew, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (499 for, 112 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

499

Against

112

Abstain

Margin of victory

387 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 176Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

S&D135 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 8Against 41Abstain 29Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 4Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 1Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 1Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 3Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy60
Germany59
France43
Spain43
Poland40

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 43Against 31Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 25Abstain 2Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 3Abstain 7Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 6Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 3Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 6Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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