Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Justice, rule of law & rights
Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 556
- Against
- 74
- Abstained
- 7
roll-call vote at 12:28 · 87% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Jeroen Lenaers · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0109
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law to step up police cooperation against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings and to strengthen Europol's support in fighting these crimes.§1: source passage in the text The law would make Europol a central hub for criminal information and create a European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling inside the agency, with member states setting up dedicated national structures.§2: source passage in the text Parliament also backed extra funding and 50 new posts for Europol, while asking the Commission to clarify how staff and money would be moved from other programmes.§4: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left, Greens
- The Left Against 7 for, 29 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 4 for, 40 against, 3 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 115 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 66 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 171 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 72 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 77 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 87
- ESN For 20 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 24 for, 3 against, 0 abstainedof 30
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
20 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (29 of 36). For: 7
Carolina Morace (Italy), Danilo Della Valle (Italy), Dario Tamburrano (Italy), Gaetano Pedulla' (Italy), Giuseppe Antoci (Italy)
2 more from The Left
Pasquale Tridico (Italy), Valentina Palmisano (Italy)
Greens voted against (40 of 47). For: 4, Abstained: 3
Jutta Paulus (Germany, for), Kim van Sparrentak (Netherlands, for), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Denmark, abstained), Mārtiņš Staķis (Latvia, for), Rasmus Nordqvist (Denmark, abstained)
2 more from Greens
Villy Søvndal (Denmark, abstained), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Lithuania, for)
S&D voted for (115 of 118). Abstained: 3
Cecilia Strada (Italy), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium), Marco Tarquinio (Italy)
Renew voted for (66 of 67). Abstained: 1
Irena Joveva (Slovenia)
Patriots voted for (77 of 79). Against: 2
Anna Maria Cisint (Italy), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 lapsed).