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Case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda

Vote ID 178979Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 “Case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (549 for, 2 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

549

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

547 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

128

Participation rate

82.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 2Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

PfE82 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 6Absent 18

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 13Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 20Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Italy62
France58
Spain56
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 20Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 15

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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