← Votes·2025-07-10

Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "torture"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 178218Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (617 for, 4 against, 18 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

617

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

613 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE81 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 12Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
France74
Italy69
Spain56
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 1Abstain 6Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs