← Votes·2025-11-27

Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "tunisia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Rule of Law65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rule of law"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182291Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Rule Of Law
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (525 for, 14 against, 57 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

525

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

511 votes

Turnout (cast)

596

Absent

123

Participation rate

82.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 2Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE84 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 40Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 5Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Italy56
Poland46
Spain46
France42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 29Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 9Abstain 2Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 2Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 5Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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