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Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018-2019

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fundamental rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 125134Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018-2019”. EPP and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (303 for, 292 against, 99 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

303

Against

292

Abstain

Margin of victory

11 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 11 votes. 11 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (11) was not larger than the 11-vote margin.

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

EPP180 MEPs

For 167Against 5Abstain 5Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 12Against 118Abstain 2Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 5Abstain 4Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 68Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 7Against 31Abstain 27Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 52Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 14Against 20Abstain 8Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 36Abstain 1Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Romania27
Hungary19
Netherlands13
Belgium12
Czech Republic11

Most against

Germany57
France48
Spain30
Portugal14
Austria11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 48Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 57Abstain 1Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 20Abstain 35Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 22Against 30Abstain 7Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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