← Votes·2025-10-22

Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "serbia"

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 180238Source: 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
✓Close result
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy”. EPP, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (312 for, 281 against, 43 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

312

Against

281

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 83 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (83) was larger than the 31-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 159Against 2Abstain 5Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 112Abstain 2Absent 20

PfE83 MEPs

For 66Against 4Abstain 9Absent 4

Renew78 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 11Against 36Abstain 20Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 3Against 46Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 33Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 6Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
France46
Poland27
Spain25
Hungary17

Most against

Italy37
Netherlands17
Sweden16
Belgium14
Denmark12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 46Against 29Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 37Abstain 2Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 37Abstain 1Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 17Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 2Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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