← Votes·2025-11-27

Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "myanmar"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182256Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (263 for, 291 against, 26 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

263

Against

291

Abstain

Margin of victory

28 votes

Turnout (cast)

580

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 28 votes. 139 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (139) was larger than the 28-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 39 absent MEPs (margin was 28)
S&Dhad 32 absent MEPs (margin was 28)

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 5Against 138Abstain 3Absent 39

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 0Absent 32

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 7Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 63Abstain 4Absent 13

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 9Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany37
Spain23
Netherlands14
Sweden12
Belgium10

Most against

Poland42
France40
Italy28
Romania17
Czech Republic9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 6Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 6Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 40Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 35Abstain 5Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 28Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 42Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 23Abstain 1Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

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