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The latest attacks against women and women’s rights defenders in Iran, and Iran’s arbitrary detention of EU nationals

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "iran"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Gender Equality65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "women's rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "arbitrary detention"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 161863Source: 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: Human Rights
✓High participation
✓Many 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+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 latest attacks against women and women’s rights defenders in Iran, and Iran’s arbitrary detention of EU nationals”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (516 for, 4 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

516

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

512 votes

Turnout (cast)

547

Absent

155

Participation rate

77.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 141Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 2Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 8Absent 22

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 9Absent 16

The Left36 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France61
Italy54
Spain51
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 2Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 6Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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