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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 174516Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and PfE voted mostly against. ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (93 for, 489 against, 72 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

Against

489

Abstain

Margin of victory

396 votes

Turnout (cast)

654

Absent

Participation rate

91.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 138Abstain 25Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 11Against 108Abstain 2Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 77Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 69Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 23Against 12Abstain 14Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 20Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 10Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Malta5

Most against

France61
Germany58
Italy52
Spain47
Romania27

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 14Against 61Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany95 MEPs

For 5Against 58Abstain 21Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 52Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 7Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 2Against 24Abstain 23Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 27Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 47Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

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