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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 165460Source: 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
✓Some 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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (238 for, 274 against, 30 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.

Result analysis

For

238

Against

274

Abstain

Margin of victory

36 votes

Turnout (cast)

542

Absent

163

Participation rate

76.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 3Abstain 0Absent 41

S&D136 MEPs

For 2Against 104Abstain 0Absent 30

Renew100 MEPs

For 13Against 67Abstain 4Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 16Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 23Abstain 2Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 5Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland34
Italy30
Czech Republic14
Romania13
Bulgaria8

Most against

Germany47
France33
Spain28
Netherlands14
Sweden12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 7Against 33Abstain 15Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 27Against 47Abstain 4Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 18Abstain 1Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 34Against 7Abstain 1Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 13Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 18Against 28Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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