← Votes·2019-09-19

Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "iran"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Gender Equality65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "women's rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 108763Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (568 for, 6 against, 23 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

568

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

562 votes

Turnout (cast)

597

Absent

Participation rate

88.0%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 152Against 1Abstain 1Absent 19

S&D132 MEPs

For 114Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew96 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR59 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

NI43 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 7Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 8Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France63
Italy59
Poland47
Spain47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France74 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy73 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland51 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Romania32 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Sweden20 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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