← Votes·2021-05-18

Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "migration"

Reviewed: no

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 131072Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Migration
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy”. EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. Renew mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (295 for, 286 against, 106 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

295

Against

286

Abstain

106

Margin of victory

9 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 9 votes. 18 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (18) was larger than the 9-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 123Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 12Against 31Abstain 57Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 25Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 6Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 13Against 22Abstain 7Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 6Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy43
Poland42
Romania16
Hungary14
Netherlands13

Most against

Germany47
France41
Spain34
Portugal14
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 7Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 9Against 41Abstain 29Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 47Abstain 7Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 28Abstain 2Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 11Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 10Abstain 7Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 13Against 34Abstain 12Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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