← Votes·2021-05-19

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 131712Source: 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: Migration
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 protection and the EU external migration policy”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (358 for, 309 against, 26 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

358

Against

309

Abstain

Margin of victory

49 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 26Against 144Abstain 5Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 12Abstain 4Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 21Abstain 7Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany54
France48
Spain38
Portugal18
Romania18

Most against

Italy43
Poland38
Netherlands16
Hungary13
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 41Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 2Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 43Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 12Against 38Abstain 2Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 38Against 16Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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