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Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data
Consent given by a large majority
Parliament gave its consent.
- For
- 521
- Against
- 90
- Abstained
- 45
roll-call vote at 12:06 · 79% of votes cast in favour
Committee report · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · Report A-10-2025-0013
AI:What this decision does
The agreement sets rules for transferring and processing airline passenger name record data between Canada and the EU to fight serious crime and terrorism.§1: source passage in the text Parliament gave its consent to the agreement, meaning the EU can conclude it. Parliament asks that the agreement be applied with strict safeguards for fundamental rights, as recommended by the European Data Protection Supervisor.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: The Left, Greens; Abstained: ESN
- The Left Against 7 for, 32 against, 3 abstainedof 47
- Greens Against 3 for, 41 against, 5 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 121 for, 3 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 62 for, 6 against, 3 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 172 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 70 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 80
- Patriots For 78 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 91
- ESN Abstained 2 for, 0 against, 20 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 6 for, 8 against, 13 abstainedof 29
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
33 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (32 of 42). For: 7, Abstained: 3
Carolina Morace (Italy, for), Dario Tamburrano (Italy, for), Gaetano Pedulla' (Italy, for), Giuseppe Antoci (Italy, for), Jussi Saramo (Finland, abstained)
5 more from The Left
Mario Furore (Italy, for), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, abstained), Nikolas Farantouris (Greece, abstained), Pasquale Tridico (Italy, for), Valentina Palmisano (Italy, for)
Greens voted against (41 of 49). For: 3, Abstained: 5
Anna Strolenberg (Netherlands, abstained), Damian Boeselager (Germany, abstained), Ignazio Roberto Marino (Italy, for), Kai Tegethoff (Germany, abstained), Marie Toussaint (France, for)
3 more from Greens
Nela Riehl (Germany, abstained), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Romania, for), Reinier van Lanschot (Netherlands, abstained)
S&D voted for (121 of 124). Against: 3
Lara Wolters (Netherlands), Mohammed Chahim (Netherlands), Thijs Reuten (Netherlands)
Renew voted for (62 of 71). Against: 6, Abstained: 3
Anna Stürgkh (Austria, against), Brigitte van den Berg (Netherlands, abstained), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Netherlands, abstained), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany, against), Jana Toom (Estonia, against)
4 more from Renew
Michael Mcnamara (Ireland, against), Moritz Körner (Germany, against), Raquel García Hermida-Van der Walle (Netherlands, abstained), Svenja Hahn (Germany, against)
ECR voted for (70 of 71). Abstained: 1
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece)
ESN abstained (20 of 22). For: 2
Sarah Knafo (France), Stanisław Tyszka (Poland)
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