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Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 193903Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low 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+0 / 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+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 “Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values”. S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (336 for, 288 against, 43 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

336

Against

288

Abstain

Margin of victory

48 votes

Turnout (cast)

667

Absent

Participation rate

93.7%

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

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 6Against 157Abstain 4Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 127Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 40Against 16Abstain 22Absent 4

Renew77 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 8Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy56
Germany43
Spain31
Romania19
Sweden13

Most against

France40
Poland29
Hungary16
Netherlands16
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 36Against 40Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany95 MEPs

For 43Against 40Abstain 6Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary20 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 29Abstain 17Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 31Against 24Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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