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Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"russia" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 141809Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Russia
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny”. EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (347 for, 152 against, 24 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.

Result analysis

For

347

Against

152

Abstain

Margin of victory

195 votes

Turnout (cast)

523

Absent

182

Participation rate

74.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 9Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 8Against 81Abstain 3Absent 44

Renew101 MEPs

For 83Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 34Abstain 7Absent 16

PfE67 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 5Absent 33

The Left38 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 7Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 2Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy39
France29
Spain26
Romania18

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Greece
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 10Abstain 7Absent 33

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 19Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 13Abstain 6Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 19Against 25Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 26Against 16Abstain 2Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

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