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Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fundamental rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 190917Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (328 for, 199 against, 98 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

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

328

Against

199

Abstain

Margin of victory

129 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

86.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 86Against 12Abstain 55Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 6Absent 4

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 30Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 7Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
Spain23
Netherlands19
Portugal16
Romania15

Most against

France34
Italy31
Poland21
Czech Republic14
Hungary8

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 27Against 34Abstain 9Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 17Abstain 9Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 9Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 31Abstain 12Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 11Against 21Abstain 15Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 8Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 22Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

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