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Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative Committee

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "belarus"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 174988Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative Committee”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (535 for, 19 against, 55 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

535

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

516 votes

Turnout (cast)

609

Absent

110

Participation rate

84.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 2Absent 13

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 16Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 12Absent 8

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 19Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 5Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France69
Germany63
Italy56
Spain49
Poland48

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

Germany95 MEPs

For 63Against 6Abstain 15Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 5Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 7Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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