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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fundamental rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163150Source: 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+8 / 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 “Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (391 for, 130 against, 20 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

391

Against

130

Abstain

Margin of victory

261 votes

Turnout (cast)

541

Absent

164

Participation rate

76.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 107Against 12Abstain 9Absent 51

S&D136 MEPs

For 102Against 0Abstain 0Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 2Absent 17

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 16Abstain 6Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 3Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
Spain47
France42
Italy31
Romania20

Most against

Poland24
Czech Republic10
Hungary10
Croatia4

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 22Abstain 2Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 10Abstain 0Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 19Abstain 1Absent 25

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 24Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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