← Votes·2024-04-25

Azerbaijan, notably the repression of civil society and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu and Ilhamiz Guliyev

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "azerbaijan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 169157Source: 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 “Azerbaijan, notably the repression of civil society and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu and Ilhamiz Guliyev”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (474 for, 4 against, 51 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

474

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

470 votes

Turnout (cast)

529

Absent

176

Participation rate

75.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 1Abstain 0Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 1Abstain 0Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 34Absent 17

PfE64 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 26

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 3Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 6Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
France66
Spain51
Italy36
Netherlands21

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 5Absent 35

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 19Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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