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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 174481Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and NI voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (128 for, 418 against, 93 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

128

Against

418

Abstain

Margin of victory

290 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 7Against 133Abstain 22Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 11Against 108Abstain 2Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 70Abstain 4Absent 7

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 37Absent 9

Renew79 MEPs

For 9Against 55Abstain 7Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 15Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 5Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland11
Belgium8
Finland6
Malta5

Most against

Germany56
Italy53
Spain46
France36
Poland23

Divided delegations

Belgium
Finland
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 6Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 13Against 36Abstain 26Absent 7

Germany95 MEPs

For 16Against 56Abstain 10Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 53Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 5Against 20Abstain 4Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 23Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 3Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 4Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 2Absent 1

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