← Votes·2023-10-05

The case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya

Vote ID 158937Source: 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+0 / 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 “The case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (502 for, 13 against, 28 abstentions).

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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

502

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

489 votes

Turnout (cast)

543

Absent

162

Participation rate

77.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 5Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

PfE64 MEPs

For 35Against 4Abstain 7Absent 18

The Left37 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 8Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 7Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France60
Italy56
Spain47
Poland41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 3Abstain 0Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 5Abstain 5Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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