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EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism ***

Security64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "terrorism"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 186376Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism ***”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (586 for, 21 against, 11 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

586

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

565 votes

Turnout (cast)

618

Absent

100

Participation rate

86.1%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 1Absent 28

ECR82 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

PfE84 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 19Against 18Abstain 4Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
Italy69
Poland48
Spain42
France35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 7Abstain 4Absent 35

Germany95 MEPs

For 86Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 69Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 2Abstain 1Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs