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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 174544Source: 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”. PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (231 for, 404 against, 17 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

231

Against

404

Abstain

Margin of victory

173 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 47Against 112Abstain 4Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 123Abstain 0Absent 12

PfE81 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 8Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland41
Czech Republic15
Hungary11
Greece10
Slovakia6

Most against

Germany63
Spain50
France39
Italy38
Netherlands21

Divided delegations

Croatia
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Malta
Romania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 33Against 39Abstain 4Absent 6

Germany95 MEPs

For 15Against 63Abstain 5Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 38Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 50Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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