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Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "political prisoner"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 189149Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime”. EPP, ECR and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (273 for, 199 against, 81 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

273

Against

199

Abstain

Margin of victory

74 votes

Turnout (cast)

553

Absent

165

Participation rate

77.0%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 142Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 98Abstain 2Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 5Absent 21

Renew78 MEPs

For 52Against 6Abstain 2Absent 18

PfE84 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 45Absent 27

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 43Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 1Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 6Absent 6

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 19Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland37
France23
Netherlands19
Czech Republic15
Romania12

Most against

Germany38
Italy30
Spain20
Belgium8
Denmark7

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 8Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 3Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 9Abstain 22Absent 27

Germany95 MEPs

For 32Against 38Abstain 12Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 30Abstain 8Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 37Against 3Abstain 6Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 16Against 20Abstain 4Absent 20

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

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