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The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "belarus"

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 169544Source: 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 severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (549 for, 21 against, 37 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

549

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

528 votes

Turnout (cast)

607

Absent

114

Participation rate

84.2%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 147Against 1Abstain 0Absent 40

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 1Abstain 1Absent 19

Renew79 MEPs

For 71Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE77 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 11Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

NI30 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 8Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 15Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France76
Italy64
Germany61
Spain54
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 4Abstain 14Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

Hungary20 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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