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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 183723Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “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, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (367 for, 256 against, 25 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.

Result analysis

For

367

Against

256

Abstain

Margin of victory

111 votes

Turnout (cast)

648

Absent

Participation rate

90.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 110Against 35Abstain 16Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 5Abstain 4Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 77Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 71Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 19Against 15Abstain 2Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain45
Italy40
Romania24
Netherlands19

Most against

France44
Poland28
Czech Republic14
Greece14
Hungary11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Estonia
France
Italy
Latvia
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 30Against 44Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 21Abstain 2Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 31Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 28Abstain 14Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

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