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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 183750Source: 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+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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”. PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (240 for, 384 against, 7 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

240

Against

384

Abstain

Margin of victory

144 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 51Against 110Abstain 1Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 121Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE84 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 1Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic14
Greece10
Hungary10
Slovakia9
Croatia7

Most against

Germany63
France38
Italy35
Spain28
Poland23

Divided delegations

Croatia
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 38Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 63Abstain 2Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 35Abstain 1Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 23Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 23Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 22Against 28Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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