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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 174531Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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”. ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. EPP mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (218 for, 246 against, 150 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

218

Against

246

Abstain

150

Margin of victory

28 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

105

Participation rate

85.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 28 votes. 105 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (105) was larger than the 28-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 39 absent MEPs (margin was 28)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 27Against 42Abstain 91Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 19Against 54Abstain 23Absent 39

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 9Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 64Abstain 4Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 11Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 31Abstain 2Absent 10

ESN26 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 5Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France41
Italy33
Hungary11
Austria9
Croatia5

Most against

Germany32
Netherlands21
Denmark13
Ireland13
Finland12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Germany
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 6Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 2Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 41Against 18Abstain 5Absent 18

Germany95 MEPs

For 26Against 32Abstain 20Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 5Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 21Abstain 9Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 4Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 23Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 7Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 9Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 22Absent 20

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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