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Violations of religious freedom in Tibet

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "tibet"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 176343Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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+0 / 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 “Violations of religious freedom in Tibet”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left and NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (478 for, 30 against, 41 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

478

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

448 votes

Turnout (cast)

549

Absent

171

Participation rate

76.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 138Against 1Abstain 0Absent 46

S&D135 MEPs

For 99Against 8Abstain 1Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 5Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 9Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 2Absent 23

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 17Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany56
Italy56
France54
Poland45
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 3Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 8Abstain 12Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 5Abstain 1Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 2Abstain 3Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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