← Votes·2024-01-18

Shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163021Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 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 “Shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (426 for, 43 against, 86 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

426

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

383 votes

Turnout (cast)

555

Absent

150

Participation rate

78.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 118Against 1Abstain 15Absent 45

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 5Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 13Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 35Against 11Abstain 4Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 20Absent 18

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 15Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 11Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
Poland47
Spain45
France41
Italy36

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 15Abstain 7Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 10Abstain 10Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 7Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 16Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 13Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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