← Votes·2020-02-13

Child labour in mines in Madagascar

Social Affairs64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "labour"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 112704Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Child labour in mines in Madagascar”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (298 for, 297 against, 32 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

298

Against

297

Abstain

Margin of victory

1 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 1 vote. 76 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (76) was larger than the 1-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
S&Dhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
PfEhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
ECRhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
NIhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Renewhad 7 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Greens-EFAhad 6 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Lefthad 3 absent MEPs (margin was 1)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Hungary (12 absent)Italy (10 absent)Germany (9 absent)France (6 absent)Spain (6 absent)Poland (5 absent)Greece (4 absent)Bulgaria (3 absent)Romania (3 absent)Belgium (2 absent)Finland (2 absent)Ireland (2 absent)Latvia (2 absent)Netherlands (2 absent)Portugal (2 absent)Sweden (2 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 19Against 132Abstain 5Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew101 MEPs

For 9Against 85Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE66 MEPs

For 16Against 20Abstain 21Absent 9

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 48Abstain 1Absent 9

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 4Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France44
Germany44
Spain31
Italy28
Netherlands13

Most against

Poland35
Romania20
Czech Republic13
Austria10
Sweden10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 29Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 42Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 12Abstain 26Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 13Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 12Against 35Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 20Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 31Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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