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The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia

Russia95%
Confidence: 95%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title mentions "russia"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Foreign Affairs75%
Confidence: 75%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • "russia" is a non-EU country topic
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Foreign Affairs
Human Rights64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "political prisoner"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 165939Source: official EP roll-call records
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/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • High-interest topic: Russia
  • Some political group division
  • High participation
  • Some MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+15 / 15
Turnout+4 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+4 / 10
Group division+6 / 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 “The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (506 for, 9 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
506
Against
9
Abstain
32
Margin of victory
497 votes
Turnout (cast)
547
Absent
158
Participation rate
77.6%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 139Against 0Abstain 0Absent 40
S&D136 MEPs
For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31
Renew100 MEPs
For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15
Greens/EFA70 MEPs
For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5
ECR65 MEPs
For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18
PfE64 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 12Absent 20
The Left38 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 9Absent 9
NI46 MEPs
For 13Against 5Abstain 9Absent 19
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany71
  • France65
  • Italy46
  • Poland43
  • Spain41
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Denmark14 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
France79 MEPs
For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14
Germany96 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 9Absent 16
Greece21 MEPs
For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 8
Hungary21 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 4Absent 11
Ireland13 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 29
Latvia8 MEPs
For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4
Poland52 MEPs
For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9
Portugal21 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4
Romania33 MEPs
For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 41Against 0Abstain 2Absent 16
Sweden21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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