← Votes·2020-12-17

The deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "egypt"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 126202Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)”. Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (61 for, 609 against, 24 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

Against

609

Abstain

Margin of victory

548 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 1Against 166Abstain 11Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 10Against 124Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew100 MEPs

For 7Against 92Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 69Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 2Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 59Abstain 3Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 7Against 28Abstain 6Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany83
France71
Italy71
Poland49
Spain47

Divided delegations

Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 7Against 71Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 7Against 83Abstain 3Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 4Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 2Against 71Abstain 1Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 3Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 28Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 11Against 47Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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