← Votes·2023-12-14

The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members

Vote ID 162915Source: 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 unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (489 for, 7 against, 42 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

489

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

482 votes

Turnout (cast)

538

Absent

165

Participation rate

76.5%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 140Against 1Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 3Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 22Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 7Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 7Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy58
France46
Poland42
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 18Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 3Abstain 3Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Poland51 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 4Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs