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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 191651Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 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 “Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (303 for, 328 against, 11 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

303

Against

328

Abstain

Margin of victory

25 votes

Turnout (cast)

642

Absent

Participation rate

89.3%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 25 votes. 77 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (77) was larger than the 25-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 23Against 130Abstain 7Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 79Abstain 2Absent 1

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 75Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 1Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 1Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain27
Netherlands18
Greece15
Sweden14
Belgium13

Most against

Germany47
Poland41
France39
Italy37
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 39Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 47Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 37Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 8Against 41Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 25Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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