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The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "iran"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 170871Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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 increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (562 for, 2 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

562

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

560 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

129

Participation rate

82.2%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN26 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 17Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 11Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France75
Germany68
Italy60
Spain54
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 17Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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