← Votes·2022-01-20

Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "hong kong"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 139037Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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 “Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (585 for, 46 against, 41 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

539 votes

Turnout (cast)

672

Absent

Participation rate

95.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 170Against 0Abstain 7Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 9Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 38Against 21Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 15Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 7Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
Italy74
France54
Spain53
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 22Abstain 2Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 16Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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