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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

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 173897Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (390 for, 116 against, 126 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

390

Against

116

Abstain

126

Margin of victory

274 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

87.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 142Against 0Abstain 14Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 1Abstain 2Absent 18

Renew79 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 63Absent 10

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 9Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 32Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 4Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain38
France29
Poland24
Netherlands21

Most against

Czech Republic12
Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 29Against 26Abstain 14Absent 13

Germany95 MEPs

For 61Against 20Abstain 3Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 6Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 37Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 18Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 7Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 38Against 7Abstain 7Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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