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Tajikistan: state repression against the independent media

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163614Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Tajikistan: state repression against the independent media”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (481 for, 25 against, 26 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

481

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

456 votes

Turnout (cast)

532

Absent

173

Participation rate

75.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 129Against 1Abstain 0Absent 49

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 5Absent 17

PfE64 MEPs

For 18Against 19Abstain 7Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 9Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany57
Spain52
Italy49
France48
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 17Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 6Abstain 1Absent 32

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 26

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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