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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter - annual report 2018

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 111153Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter - annual report 2018”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE voted mostly against. ECR, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (460 for, 91 against, 94 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

460

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

369 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

95.4%

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

By political group

EPP172 MEPs

For 147Against 6Abstain 10Absent 9

S&D132 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew96 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 54Abstain 6Absent 3

ECR59 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 43Absent 1

NI42 MEPs

For 18Against 13Abstain 6Absent 5

The Left37 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 22Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Spain43
France38
Italy35
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria17 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France74 MEPs

For 38Against 21Abstain 12Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 10Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Ireland11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 35Against 27Abstain 5Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Poland51 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 23Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

Sweden20 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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