← Votes·2023-02-15

Situation of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "georgia"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 152767Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Situation of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (577 for, 33 against, 26 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

577

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

544 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 167Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR64 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE65 MEPs

For 28Against 20Abstain 7Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 6Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 10Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Italy66
France56
Spain52
Poland50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 19Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 6Abstain 6Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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