← Votes·2023-04-20

The risk of the death penalty and the execution of singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "death penalty"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154567Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓High participation

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 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 “The risk of the death penalty and the execution of singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (550 for, 7 against, 4 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

550

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

543 votes

Turnout (cast)

561

Absent

144

Participation rate

79.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 140Against 2Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 2Abstain 3Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 1Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France64
Italy58
Spain54
Poland42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs