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Attempts to reintroduce a foreign agent law in Georgia and its restrictions on civil society

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Confidence: 75%

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title contains non-EU country "georgia"

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Vote ID 169187Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Attempts to reintroduce a foreign agent law in Georgia and its restrictions on civil society”. EPP, Renew, S&D, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (425 for, 25 against, 30 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

425

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

400 votes

Turnout (cast)

480

Absent

225

Participation rate

68.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 52

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 1Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 1Absent 56

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 5Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 17Absent 27

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 5Absent 18

The Left38 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 1Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
France49
Poland39
Spain36
Italy34

Most against

Hungary5

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 17Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 8Abstain 0Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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