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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups – Surveillance by illegal spyware

Effect
Adopted
Result
221 for · 213 against · 12 abstained roll call
Date
6 July 2026, 18:18
Kind
Agenda vote
More facts (4)
Margin
narrowly
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Monday 6 July 2026
Final vote
195336
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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: 221 for, 213 against, 12 abstained (roll call).

Adopted narrowly.

The agenda was changed.

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

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 26Against 0Abst. 0No vote 19 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 84Against 0Abst. 0No vote 51 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 30 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 1Against 120Abst. 1No vote 63 of 185Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 1Against 24Abst. 6No vote 51 of 82Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.66
PatriotsFor 1Against 59Abst. 1No vote 24 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
ESNFor 3Against 5Abst. 3No vote 16 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.18
No groupFor 14Against 5Abst. 1No vote 9 of 29Majority 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, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 11

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
Austria89030.29
Belgium93280.46
Bulgaria5408—
Cyprus1203—
Czechia311250.53
Germany37213350.41
Denmark93030.63
Estonia0007—
Spain22200180.29
Finland6306—
France31280220.29
Greece106050.44
Croatia3405—
Hungary113070.89
Ireland2309—
Italy17120470.38
Lithuania4205—
Luxembourg2202—
Latvia2205—
Malta1203—
Netherlands148180.41
Poland2310200.91
Portugal550110.25
Romania570210.38
Sweden124320.45
Slovenia4302—
Slovakia65130.25

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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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
1Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups — Surveillance by illegal spyware Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups – Surveillance by illegal spyware Roll call221 for, 213 against, 12 abstained Adopted

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-06/2
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups – Surveillance by illegal spyware”. Decision, 6 July 2026. votingId 195336. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-06/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 6 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-06-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 6 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-06-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-06, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-06/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-06-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups – Surveillance by illegal spyware}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-06},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-06/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-06/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195336. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-06-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-06-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-06 (CC BY 4.0)}
}