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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 191682Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong 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+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 “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 and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (289 for, 309 against, 41 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

289

Against

309

Abstain

Margin of victory

20 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 20 votes. 80 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (80) was larger than the 20-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 25 absent MEPs (margin was 20)

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 14Against 136Abstain 10Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 12Absent 1

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 12Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy32
Spain27
Belgium15
Netherlands15
Sweden14

Most against

Poland44
Germany42
France39
Romania14
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 9Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 39Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 42Abstain 5Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 32Abstain 4Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 6Against 44Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 25Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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