← Votes·2025-01-23

Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "venezuela"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171587Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Left and NI voted mostly against. PfE, Greens-EFA and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (374 for, 53 against, 163 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

374

Against

Abstain

163

Margin of victory

321 votes

Turnout (cast)

590

Absent

130

Participation rate

81.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 2Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 1Abstain 6Absent 22

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 30Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 50Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 42Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 29Abstain 7Absent 7

NI30 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 6Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 19Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany48
Poland43
Spain38
Italy25
Portugal19

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 5Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 4Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 29Against 8Abstain 33Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 8Abstain 27Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 9Abstain 25Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 17Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 3Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 38Against 7Abstain 6Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

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