← 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 173000Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape”. PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ECR and NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (113 for, 443 against, 61 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

113

Against

443

Abstain

Margin of victory

330 votes

Turnout (cast)

617

Absent

103

Participation rate

85.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 152Abstain 0Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 118Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 68Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 49Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 60Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 12Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic14

Most against

Germany59
Spain44
Italy40
France36
Poland26

Divided delegations

France
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 30Against 36Abstain 1Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 59Abstain 7Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 5Against 40Abstain 17Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 23Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 26Abstain 21Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 5Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 10Against 44Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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