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Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "armenia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 170366Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (453 for, 31 against, 89 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

453

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

422 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

150

Participation rate

79.3%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 140Against 0Abstain 0Absent 48

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 2Absent 30

ECR82 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 49Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 49Against 7Abstain 11Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 11Absent 8

NI30 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 11Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 5Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France69
Germany60
Spain48
Poland29
Netherlands27

Most against

Hungary8

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Hungary
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 12Abstain 7Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 30Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 21Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 6Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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