← Votes·2019-11-26

Children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Vote ID 110213Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (456 for, 56 against, 76 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

456

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

400 votes

Turnout (cast)

588

Absent

Participation rate

86.7%

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

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 132Against 1Abstain 17Absent 23

S&D132 MEPs

For 108Against 1Abstain 3Absent 20

Renew96 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 3Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 27Abstain 8Absent 6

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 3Absent 10

ECR59 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 34Absent 6

NI43 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 8Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Italy56
France44
Spain37
Romania24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

Denmark13 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France74 MEPs

For 44Against 17Abstain 4Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 11Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 10Absent 4

Ireland11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 56Against 5Abstain 3Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland51 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 23Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania32 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain54 MEPs

For 37Against 3Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden20 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

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