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Human rights and democracy in the world - annual report 2021

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 139906Source: 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: Human Rights
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 and democracy in the world - annual report 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (487 for, 80 against, 120 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

487

Against

Abstain

120

Margin of victory

407 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 3Abstain 16Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 99Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 39Abstain 25Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 46Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 19Abstain 4Absent 4

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 23Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Spain48
France42
Italy41
Romania32

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 22Abstain 13Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 9Abstain 7Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 33Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 7Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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