← Votes·2024-01-18

Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime

Vote ID 162202Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (397 for, 121 against, 26 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

397

Against

121

Abstain

Margin of victory

276 votes

Turnout (cast)

544

Absent

161

Participation rate

77.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 113Against 6Abstain 11Absent 49

S&D136 MEPs

For 103Against 2Abstain 0Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 45Abstain 1Absent 17

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 44Abstain 0Absent 18

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 8Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 6Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain45
France40
Italy33
Poland22

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 40Against 16Abstain 7Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 8Abstain 0Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 19Abstain 0Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 22Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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