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Human rights violations by private military and security companies, particularly the Wagner Group

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "military"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Taxation65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

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 137555Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

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Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 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+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 “Human rights violations by private military and security companies, particularly the Wagner Group”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (585 for, 40 against, 43 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

585

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

545 votes

Turnout (cast)

668

Absent

Participation rate

94.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 2Abstain 6Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 30Against 21Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 21Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 8Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Italy71
Spain51
France50
Poland50

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 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 22Abstain 6Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 7Abstain 8Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

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 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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