← Votes·2023-03-16

Recent attacks in Tunisia against freedom of expression and association, and against trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "tunisia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Media Freedom65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "journalist"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 153862Source: 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-interest topic: Media Freedom
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Recent attacks in Tunisia against freedom of expression and association, and against trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (496 for, 28 against, 13 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

496

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

468 votes

Turnout (cast)

537

Absent

168

Participation rate

76.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 1Abstain 1Absent 41

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR64 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE65 MEPs

For 18Against 21Abstain 4Absent 22

The Left37 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 26

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Italy49
Poland48
France41
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 15Abstain 1Absent 22

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 9Abstain 1Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 26

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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