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Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate María Corina Machado

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "venezuela"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 164381Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 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 “Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate María Corina Machado”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (446 for, 21 against, 32 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

446

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

425 votes

Turnout (cast)

499

Absent

206

Participation rate

70.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 52

S&D136 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 43

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 19Absent 21

The Left38 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 5Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 5Absent 23

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany60
Poland45
Italy44
Spain44
France41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 21Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 8Abstain 3Absent 25

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 1Absent 31

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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