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← Votes·2020-07-09

The humanitarian situation in Venezuela and the migration and refugee crisis

Migration & Asylum87%★
Confidence: 87%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "migration"
  • title/description contains "refugee"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Migration & Asylum →
Foreign Affairs75%
Confidence: 75%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title contains non-EU country "venezuela"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Foreign Affairs →
Vote ID 116212Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
77
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High-interest topic: Migration
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+12 / 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+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 humanitarian situation in Venezuela and the migration and refugee crisis”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (487 for, 119 against, 79 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
487
Against
119
Abstain
79
Margin of victory
368 votes
Turnout (cast)
685
Absent
19
Participation rate
97.3%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 173Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5
S&D136 MEPs
For 105Against 4Abstain 18Absent 9
Renew101 MEPs
For 95Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 6Against 54Abstain 10Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 38Against 9Abstain 19Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 54Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 14Against 14Abstain 13Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 0Against 29Abstain 9Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Italy53
  • Poland50
  • Germany49
  • Spain43
  • France34
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ireland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 34Against 19Abstain 25Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 49Against 42Abstain 0Absent 5
Greece21 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 8Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 53Against 0Abstain 17Absent 6
Latvia8 MEPs
For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 20Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain58 MEPs
For 43Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

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