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United Nations Convention against Cybercrime ***

Vote ID 192446Source: official EP roll-call records
64
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Strong 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+12 / 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 “United Nations Convention against Cybercrime ***”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR and Renew voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (497 for, 91 against, 46 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
497
Against
91
Abstain
46
Margin of victory
406 votes
Turnout (cast)
634
Absent
77
Participation rate
89.2%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 159Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20
S&D135 MEPs
For 101Against 1Abstain 5Absent 28
PfE85 MEPs
For 70Against 6Abstain 3Absent 6
ECR82 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6
Renew77 MEPs
For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Greens/EFA52 MEPs
For 1Against 47Abstain 1Absent 3
The Left45 MEPs
For 12Against 22Abstain 7Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 2Against 6Abstain 18Absent 1
NI29 MEPs
For 5Against 9Abstain 10Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Italy63
  • France58
  • Germany44
  • Poland44
  • Spain43
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Netherlands
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5
Belgium22 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1
Bulgaria16 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Denmark15 MEPs
For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Finland15 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
France80 MEPs
For 58Against 11Abstain 1Absent 10
Germany95 MEPs
For 44Against 22Abstain 16Absent 13
Greece21 MEPs
For 12Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2
Hungary18 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Ireland14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 63Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7
Latvia9 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta5 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 14Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0
Poland53 MEPs
For 44Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Romania33 MEPs
For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain60 MEPs
For 43Against 7Abstain 1Absent 9
Sweden21 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

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