← Votes·2025-02-13

Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular

Human Rights84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"
title/description contains "repression"

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 "nicaragua"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171889Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular”. ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (147 for, 395 against, 3 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

147

Against

395

Abstain

Margin of victory

248 votes

Turnout (cast)

545

Absent

175

Participation rate

75.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 141Abstain 1Absent 41

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 103Abstain 0Absent 32

ECR82 MEPs

For 59Against 2Abstain 0Absent 21

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 60Abstain 0Absent 19

PfE81 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 0Absent 26

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN26 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 2Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland22
Czech Republic10

Most against

Germany63
Spain43
France34
Italy34
Netherlands23

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 30Against 34Abstain 0Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 63Abstain 1Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 34Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 23Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 19Abstain 1Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 17

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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