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Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)

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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Foreign Affairs63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "sanctions"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 183108Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)”. 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 (440 for, 127 against, 59 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

440

Against

127

Abstain

Margin of victory

313 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

87.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 1Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 3Absent 18

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 5Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 32Against 6Abstain 34Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 14Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany60
Spain41
France40
Poland38
Italy32

Most against

Hungary10
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 32Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 17Abstain 1Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 7Abstain 30Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 38Against 4Abstain 1Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 5Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 2Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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