← Votes·2025-03-13

Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "sudan"

Reviewed: yes

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 172998Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (499 for, 88 against, 27 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

499

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

411 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

106

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 143Against 5Abstain 4Absent 33

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 12Against 50Abstain 5Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 42Against 10Abstain 11Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France65
Germany65
Spain45
Italy41
Poland25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 0Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 14Abstain 1Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 19Abstain 1Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 7Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 2Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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