← Votes·2023-05-11

Belarus: the inhumane treatment and hospitalisation of prominent opposition leader Viktar Babaryka

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title contains non-EU country "belarus"

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Vote ID 155450Source: 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 participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “Belarus: the inhumane treatment and hospitalisation of prominent opposition leader Viktar Babaryka”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (533 for, 9 against, 27 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

533

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

524 votes

Turnout (cast)

569

Absent

136

Participation rate

80.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 0Abstain 0Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 13Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 5Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 5Absent 24

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France66
Italy51
Poland46
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 2Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 1Abstain 8Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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