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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023

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 164659Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (377 for, 90 against, 68 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

377

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

287 votes

Turnout (cast)

535

Absent

170

Participation rate

75.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 118Against 5Abstain 12Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 5Abstain 4Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 8Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 36Abstain 9Absent 19

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 17Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 15Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 3Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
Spain40
France37
Italy29
Poland22

Most against

Croatia6
Hungary6

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 15Abstain 4Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 6Abstain 13Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 18Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 20Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 4Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 4Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

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