← Votes·2024-03-14

The case of Rocío San Miguel and General Hernández Da Costa, among other political prisoners in Venezuela

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "venezuela"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 166706Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 case of Rocío San Miguel and General Hernández Da Costa, among other political prisoners in Venezuela”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (497 for, 22 against, 27 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

497

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

475 votes

Turnout (cast)

546

Absent

159

Participation rate

77.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

Renew100 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 4Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 8Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 15Abstain 3Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 8Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France67
Poland47
Italy46
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 6Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 3Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

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