← Votes·2023-01-18

Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022

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 151796Source: 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
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (438 for, 75 against, 121 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

438

Against

Abstain

121

Margin of victory

363 votes

Turnout (cast)

634

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 142Against 6Abstain 17Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 6Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 23Absent 7

ECR64 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 43Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 19Abstain 6Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 21Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Spain44
France43
Italy38
Romania28

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 13Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 21Abstain 9Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 9Abstain 9Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 2Abstain 30Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 24Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 5Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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