← Votes·2026-03-12

Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russia"
title mentions "russian"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Ukraine95%

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "ukraine"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"ukraine" is a non-EU country topic
"russia" is a non-EU country topic
"russian" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 189169Source: official EP roll-call records

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (479 for, 17 against, 43 abstentions).

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Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

479

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

462 votes

Turnout (cast)

539

Absent

179

Participation rate

75.1%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 139Against 0Abstain 0Absent 45

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 0Absent 32

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 4Absent 20

PfE84 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 7Absent 27

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 16Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 9Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 7Absent 12

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
France53
Italy47
Poland42
Spain36

Most against

Slovakia7

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 1Absent 27

Germany95 MEPs

For 61Against 4Abstain 8Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 6Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 8Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 2Absent 21

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

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