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EU-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime ***

Justice64%★

Confidence: 64%

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title/description contains "prosecution"

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Vote ID 190098Source: 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+6 / 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-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of 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, 72 against, 26 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

532

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

460 votes

Turnout (cast)

630

Absent

Participation rate

87.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 2Absent 28

ECR82 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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 10Against 29Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 9Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy61
France53
Poland49
Spain43

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 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 53Against 9Abstain 1Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 15Abstain 8Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 6Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 7Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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