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Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level ***I

Vote ID 184172Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+6 / 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 “Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level ***I”. EPP, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. Renew mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (408 for, 184 against, 60 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

408

Against

184

Abstain

Margin of victory

224 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 165Against 2Abstain 7Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 25Against 89Abstain 7Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE84 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew78 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 42Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 43Abstain 3Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
Poland46
France41
Italy37
Spain30

Most against

Portugal8
Ireland5

Divided delegations

Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 41Against 25Abstain 7Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 33Abstain 7Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 28Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 7Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 30Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

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