← Votes·2026-04-29

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 191716Source: 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+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (308 for, 279 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

308

Against

279

Abstain

Margin of victory

29 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

87.3%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 29 votes. 91 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (91) was larger than the 29-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 20Against 135Abstain 1Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 25Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 5Against 63Abstain 6Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 9Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France39
Spain27
Belgium18
Netherlands15
Sweden14

Most against

Germany41
Italy37
Poland25
Romania14
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 33Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 41Abstain 5Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

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 15Against 5Abstain 8Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 6Against 25Abstain 17Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 24Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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