← Votes·2022-11-24

Human rights situation in Egypt

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "egypt"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 150763Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Human rights situation in Egypt”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. EPP and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (326 for, 46 against, 186 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

326

Against

Abstain

186

Margin of victory

280 votes

Turnout (cast)

558

Absent

146

Participation rate

79.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 25Against 8Abstain 102Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE65 MEPs

For 1Against 31Abstain 22Absent 11

ECR64 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 45Absent 15

NI45 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 11Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 4Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany46
France39
Spain33
Sweden17
Netherlands16

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 9Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 39Against 25Abstain 0Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 9Abstain 26Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy75 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 33Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 37Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 13Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 3Abstain 7Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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