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Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders

Human Rights84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"
title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 180953Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (512 for, 76 against, 52 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

512

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

436 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

89.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 166Against 2Abstain 2Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 39Against 6Abstain 30Absent 7

PfE83 MEPs

For 29Against 33Abstain 13Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 6Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France65
Germany65
Spain49
Poland44
Italy34

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 65Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 17Abstain 1Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 7Abstain 22Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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