← Votes·2020-06-19

The PRC national security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Kong Kong’s high degree of autonomy

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "hong kong"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 115497Source: 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+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “The PRC national security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Kong Kong’s high degree of autonomy”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (565 for, 34 against, 62 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

565

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

531 votes

Turnout (cast)

661

Absent

Participation rate

93.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 168Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 7Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE66 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 22Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 8Absent 5

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 9Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 16Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy73
Germany70
Spain51
France49
Poland46

Most against

Cyprus4

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 28Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 12Abstain 2Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 51Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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