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Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "hong kong"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 170875Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour. PfE, Left, NI and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (473 for, 23 against, 98 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

473

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

450 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 147Against 0Abstain 1Absent 40

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 4Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 39Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 15Absent 10

NI30 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 11Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 23Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Italy50
Spain49
Poland45
France40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland16 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 34Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 2Abstain 21Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 7Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 8Abstain 1Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 5Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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