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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 183753Source: 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+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, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (492 for, 105 against, 48 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

492

Against

105

Abstain

Margin of victory

387 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

89.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 150Against 6Abstain 6Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 40Against 25Abstain 13Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 44Abstain 22Absent 9

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 8Abstain 5Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France69
Italy46
Spain44
Poland26

Most against

Hungary11
Slovakia6

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 69Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 10Abstain 1Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 5Abstain 20Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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