← Votes·2026-04-29

EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime ***

Vote ID 189930Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓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+7 / 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 “EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime ***”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (532 for, 75 against, 28 abstentions).

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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

532

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

457 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

88.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 5Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE85 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 3Against 34Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 9Against 32Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 8Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy62
France51
Poland49
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 51Against 10Abstain 1Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 14Abstain 9Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 5Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 8Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

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