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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 165447Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and PfE voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (253 for, 234 against, 45 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

253

Against

234

Abstain

Margin of victory

19 votes

Turnout (cast)

532

Absent

173

Participation rate

75.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 19 votes. 173 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (173) was larger than the 19-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 46 absent MEPs (margin was 19)
S&Dhad 30 absent MEPs (margin was 19)
Renewhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 19)
PfEhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 19)
NIhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 19)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (29 absent)France (23 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 119Abstain 5Absent 46

S&D136 MEPs

For 89Against 10Abstain 7Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 50Against 24Abstain 5Absent 21

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 24Abstain 18Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 3Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France32
Spain31
Netherlands12
Portugal12
Ireland11

Most against

Poland36
Germany35
Italy24
Romania20
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Germany
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 8Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 32Against 9Abstain 15Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 35Abstain 9Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 24Abstain 0Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 10Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 13Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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