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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 125474Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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”. S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (330 for, 298 against, 65 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

330

Against

298

Abstain

Margin of victory

32 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 32 votes. 12 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (12) was not larger than the 32-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 21Against 127Abstain 28Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 6Abstain 9Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 64Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 60Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 24Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 18Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
France48
Spain32
Romania17
Belgium14

Most against

Italy41
Poland37
Hungary13
Greece12
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 41Abstain 5Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 6Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 41Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 11Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 11Against 37Abstain 2Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 32Against 8Abstain 19Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

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