← Votes·2019-12-19

The situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "nicaragua"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 111073Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “The situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (519 for, 12 against, 42 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

519

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

507 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

105

Participation rate

84.5%

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

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 141Against 0Abstain 0Absent 32

S&D132 MEPs

For 113Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew96 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 17Absent 15

NI43 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 5Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 10Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Italy59
Poland45
France44
Spain40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France74 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 14Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 12Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania32 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain54 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden20 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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