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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2019

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 127030Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2019”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE, ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (459 for, 62 against, 163 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

459

Against

Abstain

163

Margin of victory

397 votes

Turnout (cast)

684

Absent

Participation rate

97.3%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 136Against 2Abstain 34Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 30Abstain 34Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 47Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 14Abstain 11Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 21Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France48
Spain45
Italy38
Romania30

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 9Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 11Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 22Abstain 8Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 10Abstain 6Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 14Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 1Abstain 35Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 25Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 8Absent 2

Sweden20 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

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