← Votes·2025-03-13

Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees

Migration & Asylum66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "refugee"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 172995Source: 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: Migration
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (482 for, 57 against, 68 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

482

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

425 votes

Turnout (cast)

607

Absent

113

Participation rate

84.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 1Absent 33

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 11Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 8Against 29Abstain 28Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 7Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 15Absent 7

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 4Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
Italy48
Spain46
Poland45
France36

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 29Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 13Abstain 7Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 2Abstain 11Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 7Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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