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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 191699Source: 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
✓Very 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+15 / 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, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and PfE voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (290 for, 286 against, 51 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

290

Against

286

Abstain

Margin of victory

4 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 4 votes. 92 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (92) was larger than the 4-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 30 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
S&Dhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
Renewhad 14 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
PfEhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
Greens-EFAhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 4)
NIhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 4)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (15 absent)Italy (9 absent)Spain (9 absent)France (8 absent)Romania (8 absent)Hungary (7 absent)Malta (5 absent)Poland (5 absent)

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 1Against 154Abstain 0Absent 30

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 70Abstain 3Absent 2

PfE85 MEPs

For 1Against 51Abstain 22Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 23Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany43
Spain26
Belgium16
Netherlands15
Portugal12

Most against

Poland39
France37
Italy34
Czech Republic15
Romania14

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 37Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 25Abstain 13Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 34Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 39Abstain 5Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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