← 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 180245Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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, S&D, Renew, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (457 for, 103 against, 72 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

457

Against

103

Abstain

Margin of victory

354 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

87.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 154Against 1Abstain 5Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 2Absent 19

PfE83 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 17Absent 4

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 21Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 20Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 6Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Spain43
Poland42
France39
Italy28

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Hungary
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 34Abstain 2Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 14Abstain 4Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 8Abstain 26Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 8Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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