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EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime

Effect
Consent given
Result
532 for · 75 against · 28 abstained roll call
Date
29 April 2026, 14:29
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0072
Dossier
2025/0156(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Jaroslav Bžoch
Topics
Foreign affairsDigital, AI & dataJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote
189930
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 532 for, 75 against, 28 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left and Greens.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 9Against 32Abst. 3No vote 2 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.59
GreensFor 3Against 34Abst. 7No vote 9 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.66
S&DFor 104Against 0Abst. 4No vote 27 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 0No vote 22 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 81Against 0Abst. 0No vote 0 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 75Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 18Against 3Abst. 6No vote 0 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.50
No groupFor 13Against 6Abst. 8No vote 3 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 35

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria172010.84
Belgium174010.71
Bulgaria131120.80
Cyprus4101—
Czechia171210.78
Germany6414990.60
Denmark104010.57
Estonia7000—
Spain457080.80
Finland94110.46
France51101190.73
Greece135210.47
Croatia7104—
Hungary150061.00
Ireland113000.68
Italy625180.87
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8001—
Malta1005—
Netherlands181840.50
Poland493010.91
Portugal192000.86
Romania261060.94
Sweden144030.67
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia120210.79

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches129 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0072/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision Roll call532 for, 75 against, 28 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0072

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

The agreement lets airlines transfer passenger name record (PNR) data to Icelandic authorities to prevent and fight terrorism and serious crime.

Parliament gave its consent, allowing the Council to conclude the EU-Iceland agreement.

The deal sets rules for processing, storage, and retention, with safeguards for privacy and oversight.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament gives its consent to the EU-Iceland agreement on transferring passenger name record (PNR) data to fight terrorism and serious crime.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0156(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 6 August 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 24 November 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 18 March 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 19 March 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 6 August 2026 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Jaroslav BŽOCH (Patriots)

Connections

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/5
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 189930, document A-10-2026-0072, reference 2025/0156(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-29/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-29-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189930, document A-10-2026-0072, reference 2025/0156(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29 (CC BY 4.0)}
}