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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 165476Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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”. ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (136 for, 381 against, 11 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

136

Against

381

Abstain

Margin of victory

245 votes

Turnout (cast)

528

Absent

177

Participation rate

74.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 20Against 116Abstain 1Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 94Abstain 3Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 11Against 69Abstain 3Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 26Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 13Abstain 3Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland21
Czech Republic10
Hungary5

Most against

Germany68
Spain38
Italy31
France30
Romania21

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 22Against 30Abstain 1Absent 26

Germany96 MEPs

For 9Against 68Abstain 0Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 17Against 31Abstain 1Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 20Abstain 1Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 3Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 5Against 38Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

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