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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 421
- Against
- 120
- Abstained
- 108
roll-call vote at 13:45 · 65% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Francisco Assis · Report A-10-2025-0262
AI:What this decision does
The European Parliament adopted its annual report on human rights and democracy worldwide and the EU's policy on the matter, setting out its position for 2025.§1: source passage in the text The report assesses global trends and EU tools, and feeds into preparations for a new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy after 2027.§2: source passage in the text Parliament's adoption makes the text its official position, guiding its scrutiny of EU foreign policy.
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 21 for, 0 against, 18 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 51 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 68 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 157 for, 5 against, 5 abstainedof 192
- ECR Abstained 0 for, 11 against, 60 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Against 0 for, 70 against, 10 abstainedof 88
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 4 for, 12 against, 12 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
34 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (120 of 123). Abstained: 3
Alex Agius Saliba (Malta), Daniel Attard (Malta), Thomas Bajada (Malta)
EPP voted for (157 of 167). Against: 5, Abstained: 5
Branko Grims (Slovenia, against), Christophe Gomart (France, against), David Casa (Malta, abstained), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Milan Zver (Slovenia, against)
5 more from EPP
Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, abstained), Nadine Morano (France, abstained), Riho Terras (Estonia, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, against)
ECR abstained (60 of 71). Against: 11
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden), Charlie Weimers (Sweden), Dick Erixon (Sweden), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece)
6 more from ECR
Guillaume Peltier (France), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark), Laurence Trochu (France), Marion Maréchal (France), Nicolas Bay (France), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland)
Patriots voted against (70 of 80). Abstained: 10
Anna Maria Cisint (Italy), Antonín Staněk (Czechia), Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslav Knot (Czechia)
5 more from Patriots
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Nikola Bartůšek (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 27 amendments (2 adopted, 25 rejected) and 78 parts of the text voted on separately (58 adopted, 20 rejected).