← Votes·2021-02-11

Human rights situation in Kazakhstan

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 127976Source: 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
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 situation in Kazakhstan”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (598 for, 43 against, 52 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

598

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

555 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 167Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 99Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 28Against 24Abstain 15Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 52Against 2Abstain 7Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 11Abstain 10Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 12Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
Italy67
France56
Spain54
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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