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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 183742Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (360 for, 283 against, 11 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

360

Against

283

Abstain

Margin of victory

77 votes

Turnout (cast)

654

Absent

Participation rate

91.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 3Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 120Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew78 MEPs

For 6Against 66Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 1Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland43
France42
Italy39
Spain29
Romania19

Most against

Germany44
Netherlands17
Belgium12
Finland12
Sweden11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 42Against 37Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 44Abstain 3Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 30Abstain 2Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 26Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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