← Votes·2023-12-13

The situation of children deprived of liberty in the world

Vote ID 162318Source: 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+5 / 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 “The situation of children deprived of liberty in the world”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (486 for, 23 against, 127 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

486

Against

Abstain

127

Margin of victory

463 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 7Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 48Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 50Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 14Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 6Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France50
Spain50
Italy40
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 24Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 10Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 11Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 27Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 26Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

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