← 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 173001Source: 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: Human Rights
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (575 for, 7 against, 35 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

575

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

568 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 152Against 1Abstain 0Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 6Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 18Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 4Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France68
Italy62
Spain51
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 5Abstain 3Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

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