← Votes·2026-07-07

Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse ***II

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "privacy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 195338Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse ***II”. EPP and S&D voted mostly in favour, while Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (331 for, 304 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

331

Against

304

Abstain

Margin of victory

27 votes

Turnout (cast)

646

Absent

Participation rate

93.8%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 27 votes. 43 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (43) was larger than the 27-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 172Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

S&D131 MEPs

For 80Against 39Abstain 5Absent 7

Renew74 MEPs

For 28Against 46Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR78 MEPs

For 17Against 52Abstain 2Absent 7

PfE79 MEPs

For 34Against 35Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA50 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left41 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 1Absent 11

NI28 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France41
Spain40
Poland36
Romania21
Hungary16

Most against

Germany58
Italy43
Netherlands20
Slovakia13
Sweden11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Ireland
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria15 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic18 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

France76 MEPs

For 41Against 20Abstain 0Absent 15

Germany95 MEPs

For 30Against 58Abstain 4Absent 3

Greece20 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary19 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy70 MEPs

For 19Against 43Abstain 1Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 36Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania31 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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