← Votes·2024-09-19

Situation 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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Vote ID 169623Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓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+10 / 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 “Situation in Venezuela”. EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and Renew voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (309 for, 201 against, 12 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

309

Against

201

Abstain

Margin of victory

108 votes

Turnout (cast)

522

Absent

199

Participation rate

72.4%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 85Abstain 5Absent 40

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE77 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 1Absent 6

NI30 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 75

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland46
France36
Italy36
Spain29
Germany28

Most against

Sweden10
Belgium8
Finland7
Slovakia6
Denmark4

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 4Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland16 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 13Abstain 0Absent 33

Germany96 MEPs

For 28Against 26Abstain 5Absent 37

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary20 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 29Abstain 1Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 25Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

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