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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 174480Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (109 for, 494 against, 45 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

109

Against

494

Abstain

Margin of victory

385 votes

Turnout (cast)

648

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 138Abstain 17Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 11Against 114Abstain 2Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 9Against 62Abstain 5Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 1Absent 9

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 19Against 13Abstain 15Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland11
Malta3

Most against

Germany72
France61
Italy52
Spain47
Poland24

Divided delegations

Finland
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 12Against 61Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 10Against 72Abstain 3Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 52Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 8Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 24Abstain 19Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 4Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 10Against 47Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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