← Votes·2022-07-07

The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "brazil"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147230Source: 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
✓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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (362 for, 16 against, 200 abstentions).

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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

362

Against

Abstain

200

Margin of victory

346 votes

Turnout (cast)

578

Absent

127

Participation rate

82.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 101Absent 36

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 46Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 45Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany52
France50
Spain39
Netherlands18
Portugal16

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 8Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 6Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 15Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 29Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 6Abstain 30Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 9Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 37Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 12Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 4Abstain 8Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

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