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The human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders

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 128971Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
62
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
  • ✓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+0 / 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 human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (633 for, 11 against, 45 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
633
Against
11
Abstain
45
Margin of victory
622 votes
Turnout (cast)
689
Absent
16
Participation rate
97.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 175Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 98Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 36Against 6Abstain 25Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 55Against 1Abstain 7Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 31Against 3Abstain 8Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 35Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany83
  • Italy75
  • Spain59
  • France56
  • Poland52
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 83Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Ireland13 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 25Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Spain59 MEPs
For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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