Amendment 5 to paragraph 3 · Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 31 % of the votes cast were for.

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 0	Against 35	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 46	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 0	Against 51	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 0	Against 125	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 136	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 0	Against 67	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 75	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 18	Against 155	Abst. 1	No vote 14 of 188	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.84
ECR	For 67	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 79	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 24	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 14	Against 9	Abst. 3	No vote 4 of 30	Majority 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, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	0–2–0	0–5–0	0–2–0	1–4–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–4–1	1–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	2–0–0
Cyprus	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	3–0–0	8–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Germany	0–4–0	0–15–0	0–13–0	0–7–0	2–28–0	no member voted	no member voted	13–0–0	1–5–2
Denmark	0–1–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	0–1–0	0–4–0	0–18–0	0–1–0	0–21–0	1–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–4–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	0–8–0	0–4–0	0–11–0	0–12–0	3–3–0	4–0–0	28–0–0	no member voted	0–0–1
Greece	0–4–0	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–7–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	1–3–0
Croatia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–4–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	10–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	0–6–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	0–7–0	0–4–0	0–20–0	no member voted	6–3–0	22–0–0	7–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	2–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Latvia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	3–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	0–6–0	0–4–0	0–7–0	0–6–0	1–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–22–0	15–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted
Portugal	0–1–0	no member voted	0–6–0	0–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–11–0	0–2–0	1–9–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Sweden	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	1–4–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	4–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	5–1–0

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

Patriots members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	Bar
Austria	6	0	0
Belgium	2	0	0
Czechia	8	0	0
Denmark	1	0	0
Spain	6	0	0
France	28	0	0
Greece	1	0	0
Hungary	10	0	0
Italy	7	0	0
Latvia	1	0	0
Netherlands	6	0	0
Poland	2	0	0
Portugal	1	0	0

Members

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

Show all 648 members

No vote recorded, 71

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

Show the 71 members

Name · group that day · country

Adrian-George AXINIA group that day: ECR · Romania
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Antonio DECARO group that day: S&D · Italy
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Bruno GONÇALVES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Carlo FIDANZA group that day: ECR · Italy
Catherine GRISET group that day: Patriots · France
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Dario TAMBURRANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ group that day: No group · Romania
Diego SOLIER group that day: ECR · Spain
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Gerolf ANNEMANS group that day: Patriots · Belgium
Gheorghe PIPEREA group that day: ECR · Romania
Giovanni CROSETTO group that day: ECR · Italy
Grzegorz BRAUN group that day: No group · Poland
Irene MONTERO group that day: The Left · Spain
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ group that day: The Left · Spain
Jacek OZDOBA group that day: ECR · Poland
Jana TOOM group that day: Renew · Estonia
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI group that day: EPP · Poland
Javi LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Joachim STREIT group that day: Renew · Germany
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO group that day: Renew · Portugal
João OLIVEIRA group that day: The Left · Portugal
Kathleen FUNCHION group that day: The Left · Ireland
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA group that day: ECR · Poland
Mary KHAN group that day: ESN · Germany
Michael VON DER SCHULENBURG group that day: No group · Germany
Michał DWORCZYK group that day: ECR · Poland
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Nathalie LOISEAU group that day: Renew · France
Niels FUGLSANG group that day: S&D · Denmark
Nora MEBAREK group that day: S&D · France
Pär HOLMGREN group that day: Greens · Sweden
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL group that day: EPP · Portugal
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Peter AGIUS group that day: EPP · Malta
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Petr BYSTRON group that day: ESN · Germany
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Sarah KNAFO group that day: ESN · France
Sérgio GONÇALVES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Sofie ERIKSSON group that day: S&D · Sweden
Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
Stefan BERGER group that day: EPP · Germany
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA group that day: ECR · Croatia
Tobias CREMER group that day: S&D · Germany
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Valentina PALMISANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ group that day: S&D · Lithuania
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU group that day: Renew · Romania
Younous OMARJEE group that day: The Left · France
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE group that day: Renew · Belgium
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

Similar votes

Roll calls that split the chamber the most similarly: r is the correlation of members’ positions, over the members who voted in both. Other votes on the same decision are left out.

**Result**: for–against–abstained. **For**: share of the votes cast. **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call.
Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For	Requested by	r · shared
18 Jun 2025	Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 47 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report	Amendment	194 for, 437 against, 16 abstained Rejected	For 30 %	Requested by S&D, Members	r · shared0.95 589 voters
18 May 2026	Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group — Terrorist attack in Modena Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group – Terrorist attack in Modena	Other	134 for, 309 against, 3 abstained Rejected	For 30 %		r · shared0.94 407 voters
18 Jun 2025	Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 11 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report	Amendment	192 for, 450 against, 12 abstained Rejected	For 29 %	Requested by S&D	r · shared0.94 595 voters

Show 7 more

**Result**: for–against–abstained. **For**: share of the votes cast. **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call.
Date	Vote	Kind	Result	For	Requested by	r · shared
20 May 2026	Amendment 1, adding text after recital C The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins	Amendment	198 for, 445 against, 8 abstained Rejected	For 30 %	Requested by Patriots	r · shared0.94 592 voters
9 Sept 2025	Amendment 395 to recital 19 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles	Amendment	187 for, 442 against, 16 abstained Rejected	For 29 %	Requested by S&D	r · shared0.94 589 voters
15 Dec 2025	Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the ESN Group (Australia and Bavaria) Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the ESN Group (Australia and Bavaria)	Other	130 for, 316 against, 3 abstained Rejected	For 29 %		r · shared0.94 412 voters
23 Oct 2025	Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 18 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit	Amendment	179 for, 395 against, 3 abstained Rejected	For 31 %	Requested by Patriots	r · shared0.94 531 voters
29 Apr 2026	Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 86 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report	Amendment	200 for, 411 against, 12 abstained Rejected	For 32 %	Requested by Patriots	r · shared0.94 565 voters
2 Apr 2025	Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III	Amendment	206 for, 453 against, 12 abstained Rejected	For 31 %	Requested by S&D, Patriots	r · shared0.94 606 voters
31 Mar 2025	Tuesday's agenda — Request by the PfE Group Final vote Tuesday's agenda – Request by the PfE Group	Other	118 for, 326 against, 7 abstained Rejected	For 26 %		r · shared0.94 406 voters

How similarity is measured

Compare with another vote

Groups’ lines side by side, and the members who switched between the two votes.

Connections

This vote’s decision, the other votes on it, and related votes.

Show 11 connections: The decision · Other votes on this decision

The decision

Decision Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Resolution · motion for a resolution 20 Jan 2026 Adopted

Other votes on this decision

Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 5 Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9a Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 9a Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 10a Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 14 Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 12 to paragraph 22 Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 1, adding text after recital Ea Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026
Vote Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking — Amendment 4, adding text after recital Ea Roll-call vote · 20 Jan 2026 20 Jan 2026

See all

Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183539
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-20
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Amendment 5 to paragraph 3 — Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking”. Vote, 20 January 2026. votingId 183539, reference 2025/3020(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183539 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 20 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-20, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-20/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2026-01-20-183539,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 5 to paragraph 3 — Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183539}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183539},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 183539, reference 2025/3020(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-20-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-20 (CC BY 4.0)}
}