← Votes·2022-05-03

The persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "persecution"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142261Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+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 “The persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (496 for, 28 against, 113 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

496

Against

Abstain

113

Margin of victory

468 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 149Against 3Abstain 10Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 51Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 24Against 8Abstain 23Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 5Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 20Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France50
Spain46
Italy39
Poland34

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 17Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 14Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 32Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 9Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 6Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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