Results
Talk is cheap, it's votes that count. Click on the different issues below to find out how MEPs voted in these important votes on key issues for the Greens (economic, social and environmental policy, democracy and civil liberties among others). Once you have chosen the issue, you can choose to see how a whole political group voted or how MEPs from the same party/group in your country voted.
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Description
Transparency and individual rights
Individual privacy and data protection
The European Commission proposed legislation aimed at harmonising rules in EU Member States obliging communications providers (e.g. internet services) to retain certain private data of their customers. Ostensibly, it aimed to ensure this data (such as location and identity) is available for efforts to fight crimes, such as terrorism and organised crime. While the Greens supported the broad aim of the legislation, they wanted to ensure that individual privacy was not abused by excessive retention of data. However, EPP and PES MEPs wanted to extend the amount of time communications providers retain the data: for a minimum of 6 months and up to a maximum of 2 years. The Greens opposed this amendment but it was approved by a majority of MEPs.
See the list of how all MEPs voted on Roll-call vote 81 in the Alvaro report (14th December 2005)
Key
Outcome explanation **
Supported limiting the amount of time private data can be retained
Some MEPs supported limiting the amount of time private data can be retained, some did not
Had no clear opinion
Some MEPs supported extending the amount of time private data can be retained, some did not
Supported extending the amount of time private data can be retained
Not present / Did not vote / No MEPs match selection
Group name *
| Conservative | EPP-ED |
| Socialist | PES |
| Liberals | ALDE |
| Greens/EFA | Greens/EFA |
| Communist | GUE/NGL |
| UEN-right | UEN |
| Eurosceptic | Ind-Dem |
| Non-alligned | NI |