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Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud

Democracy84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "elections"
title/description contains "electoral"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "georgia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Corruption65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fraud"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 170866Source: 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: Democracy
✓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+7 / 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 “Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (444 for, 72 against, 82 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

444

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

372 votes

Turnout (cast)

598

Absent

125

Participation rate

82.7%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 58Against 2Abstain 7Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 49Absent 18

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 15Absent 9

NI30 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 4Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy45
Poland44
Spain42
Netherlands21

Most against

Hungary7

Divided delegations

Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 5Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 41Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 20Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 3Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 11Abstain 1Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 2Abstain 11Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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