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United Nations Convention against Cybercrime

Effect
Consent given
Result
497 for · 91 against · 46 abstained roll call
Date
20 May 2026, 13:19
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0090
Dossier
2025/0231(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Moritz Körner
Topics
Justice, rule of law & rightsDigital, AI & data Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Final vote
192446
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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: 497 for, 91 against, 46 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by a large majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 12Against 22Abst. 7No vote 4 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.30
GreensFor 1Against 47Abst. 1No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 102Against 1Abst. 5No vote 28 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 159Against 0Abst. 0No vote 24 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 73Against 0Abst. 2No vote 6 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 70Against 6Abst. 3No vote 6 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.83
ESNFor 2Against 6Abst. 18No vote 1 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.54
No groupFor 6Against 9Abst. 10No vote 5 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 27

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
Austria122060.79
Belgium163210.64
Bulgaria102050.75
Cyprus2004—
Czechia181200.79
Germany442216140.30
Denmark114000.60
Estonia6001—
Spain437190.76
Finland104010.57
France58111110.74
Greece123420.45
Croatia101010.86
Hungary150130.91
Ireland110300.68
Italy635170.87
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg4110—
Latvia8010—
Malta2004—
Netherlands1413400.18
Poland443330.82
Portugal181020.92
Romania271050.95
Sweden153210.63
Slovenia7101—
Slovakia63420.19

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

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

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 A10-0090/2026 – Moritz Körner – Draft Council decision Roll call497 for, 91 against, 46 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0090

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

Parliament gave its consent to the EU concluding the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, which aims to strengthen international cooperation against cybercrime and to share electronic evidence of serious crimes.

The consent means the EU can now ratify the convention, which the rapporteur recommends as an important tool for cooperation while stressing the need to apply its safeguards to protect fundamental rights.

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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 conclusion of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, which aims to strengthen international cooperation against cybercrime and sharing of electronic evidence.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0231(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 June 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 27 January 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 14 April 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 15 April 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 20 May 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 19 June 2026 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Moritz KÖRNER (Renew)

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Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/3
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “United Nations Convention against Cybercrime”. Decision, 20 May 2026. votingId 192446, document A-10-2026-0090, reference 2025/0231(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 20 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-20, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-20/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-20-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{United Nations Convention against Cybercrime}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-20/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192446, document A-10-2026-0090, reference 2025/0231(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-20-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-20 (CC BY 4.0)}
}