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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 · · 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).

Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.

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