← Votes·2023-07-13

The political disqualifications in Venezuela

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "venezuela"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157699Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓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+12 / 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 political disqualifications in Venezuela”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 25 against, 43 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

495

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

470 votes

Turnout (cast)

563

Absent

142

Participation rate

79.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 0Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 26Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 6Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 5Absent 23

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
Italy57
Poland47
France45
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 19Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 3Abstain 12Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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