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New wave of mass arrests in Belarus of opposition activists and their family members

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

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title contains non-EU country "belarus"

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Vote ID 164378Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “New wave of mass arrests in Belarus of opposition activists and their family members”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (459 for, 14 against, 33 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

459

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

445 votes

Turnout (cast)

506

Absent

199

Participation rate

71.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 129Against 0Abstain 0Absent 50

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

ECR65 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 2Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 20Absent 25

The Left38 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 3Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 5Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain48
Italy46
France44
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 16Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 4Abstain 2Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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