← Votes·2026-06-16

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

View all votes on Human Rights →

Vote ID 193913Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (434 for, 128 against, 104 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

434

Against

128

Abstain

104

Margin of victory

306 votes

Turnout (cast)

666

Absent

Participation rate

93.5%

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

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 58Absent 4

Renew77 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 31Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 19Abstain 6Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Spain41
France34
Italy32
Poland27

Most against

Hungary10
Slovakia7

Divided delegations

France
Hungary
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 34Against 34Abstain 8Absent 4

Germany95 MEPs

For 68Against 20Abstain 3Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 8Abstain 31Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 8Abstain 15Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 7Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 9Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…