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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 191723Source: 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
✓Significant 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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (327 for, 272 against, 18 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.

Result analysis

For

327

Against

272

Abstain

Margin of victory

55 votes

Turnout (cast)

617

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 144Against 4Abstain 1Absent 36

S&D135 MEPs

For 9Against 110Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 6Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 5Against 58Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 42Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 10Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany42
Poland41
Italy35
Czech Republic17
Romania16

Most against

France38
Spain26
Portugal11
Finland10
Greece10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 38Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 36Abstain 6Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 7Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 31Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

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