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Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a

Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking

Vote
Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a
Decision
No. 11 of the sitting of 20 Jan 2026
Result
347 for · 277 against · 10 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
20 January 2026, 13:20
More facts (6)
Position
vote 4 of 19 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots
Official label
B10-0057/2026 – § 7a – Am 8
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0057
Dossier
2025/3020(RSP)
Vote id
183542
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Result

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Result: 347 for, 277 against, 10 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 55 % 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 37Abst. 0No vote 9 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 0Against 119Abst. 2No vote 15 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
RenewFor 5Against 59Abst. 1No vote 10 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
EPPFor 159Against 6Abst. 5No vote 18 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.90
ECRFor 70Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 24Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 16Against 7Abst. 2No 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, 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.

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The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium020
Cyprus010
Germany040
Denmark010
Spain010
Finland030
France070
Greece040
Ireland010
Italy090
Portugal020
Sweden020

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No vote recorded, 85

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European Parliament (2026). “Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a — Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking”. Vote, 20 January 2026. votingId 183542, reference 2025/3020(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183542 (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-2026-01-20-183542,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a — 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/2026-01-20/183542}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-20/183542},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 183542, 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)}
}