← Votes·2025-02-13

Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "death penalty"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171892Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu”. EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (246 for, 259 against, 20 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

246

Against

259

Abstain

Margin of victory

13 votes

Turnout (cast)

525

Absent

195

Participation rate

72.9%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 13 votes. 195 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (195) was larger than the 13-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 63 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
S&Dhad 31 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
PfEhad 27 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
ECRhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 13)
Renewhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 13)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (26 absent)Italy (22 absent)France (19 absent)Romania (19 absent)Greece (15 absent)Hungary (14 absent)Poland (14 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 91Against 24Abstain 7Absent 63

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 103Abstain 0Absent 31

ECR82 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 1Absent 20

PfE81 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 7Absent 11

ESN26 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 5Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland35
France33
Italy27
Czech Republic14
Austria7

Most against

Germany44
Spain27
Netherlands16
Finland13
Sweden12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
France
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 33Against 30Abstain 0Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 21Against 44Abstain 5Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 20Abstain 7Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 35Against 3Abstain 1Absent 14

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 19

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 27Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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