← Votes·2020-09-17

The situation in Belarus

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "belarus"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 117273Source: 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
✓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+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 situation in Belarus”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (574 for, 37 against, 82 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

574

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

537 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 12Against 18Abstain 36Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 9Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 10Abstain 10Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 17Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France56
Spain53
Poland50
Italy44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 1Abstain 16Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 7Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 29Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs