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The EU Guidelines of Human Rights Defenders

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 153336Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “The EU Guidelines of Human Rights Defenders”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (400 for, 43 against, 86 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

400

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

357 votes

Turnout (cast)

529

Absent

176

Participation rate

75.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 127Against 1Abstain 8Absent 43

S&D136 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

Renew100 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 48Absent 11

PfE65 MEPs

For 2Against 24Abstain 19Absent 20

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 7Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
France41
Spain37
Romania23
Netherlands20

Most against

Hungary7

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 14Abstain 4Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 9Abstain 3Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 25Absent 28

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 26Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 2Abstain 0Absent 20

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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