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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025

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 183107Source: 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+7 / 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 “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (421 for, 120 against, 108 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

421

Against

120

Abstain

108

Margin of victory

301 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 157Against 5Abstain 3Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 3Absent 13

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 9Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 63Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 18Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 12Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Spain44
Italy38
Poland25
Romania24

Most against

France34
Hungary11
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 11Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 33Against 34Abstain 9Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 12Abstain 10Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 5Abstain 27Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 4Abstain 17Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 5Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 5Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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