← Votes·2022-06-09

The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files

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 145675Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files”. Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (42 for, 413 against, 93 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

Against

413

Abstain

Margin of victory

371 votes

Turnout (cast)

548

Absent

157

Participation rate

77.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 144Abstain 1Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 102Abstain 3Absent 30

Renew101 MEPs

For 0Against 84Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 57Absent 12

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 46Abstain 3Absent 13

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 26Abstain 12Absent 23

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 4Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 12Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Greece5

Most against

Italy47
Germany43
Poland42
Spain40
France33

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 5Against 33Abstain 25Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 6Against 43Abstain 20Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 4Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 10Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 3Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 1Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 7Against 40Abstain 3Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 3Absent 2

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