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Human Rights and Democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025
Francisco Assis – After § 29 – Am 28
Date: 21.01.2026Reference: A10-0262/2025EU actionpolitical rightshuman rightsthe EU's international roleimpact of information technologyhuman rights movementmonitoring reportdemocracyanti-discriminatory measurecommon foreign and security policyimpunityfundamental rightsinternational humanitarian lawgender equality
Overall Result
Rejected- 191 For
- 389 Against
- 70 Abstention
- 69 Did not vote
How we count
- Yes, No and Abstention come from the European Parliament's roll-call voting protocol.
- “Did not vote” is derived: MEPs with a mandate on the voting day for whom no vote was recorded. Abstentions do not count towards this.
- Subsequent vote corrections are shown but do not change the official result.
- Each vote (overall vote, amendment, partial vote) counts separately. Therefore totals may differ from pages that count differently.
Status and procedure
Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.
- Vote held on
- Latest recorded step
- Plenary · (309 days ago)
- Next scheduled step
- No further step is scheduled in the source.
Procedure timeline
2025/2166(INI) · INI
Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.
- Recorded: Committee stage
- Recorded: Referral
- Recorded: Committee stage
- Latest recorded: Plenary
Recorded activities (16)
- Committee report tabled
- Referral to committee
- Committee opinion tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee opinion adopted
- Committee report adopted
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Plenary debate
- Plenary vote
- Plenary vote results
Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)
- Plenary debate
- Plenary vote
Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved:
Sources
Data: EP Open Data API
What is this about?
- The report addresses the global decline in human rights and democracy, urging the EU to prioritize their protection in foreign policy.
- It highlights the erosion of democratic systems, shrinking civic spaces, and rising authoritarian practices such as surveillance and censorship.
- The EU is called to reinforce multilateral cooperation to uphold international institutions like the International Criminal Court and combat impunity.
- Funding for human rights and democracy promotion must be secured and targeted to protect vulnerable groups, including women, minorities, and journalists.
- The report also stresses the need for binding human rights clauses in trade agreements and greater civil society involvement.
Vote by political group
How the political groups voted
Non-attached Members (NI)For14
- 14For
- 3Against
- 9Abstention
- 4Did not vote
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)For5
- 5For
- 121Against
- 0Abstention
- 10Did not vote
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)For8
- 8For
- 3Against
- 28Abstention
- 7Did not vote
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)For51
- 51For
- 3Against
- 18Abstention
- 7Did not vote
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)For22
- 22For
- 0Against
- 3Abstention
- 2Did not vote
European People's Party (EPP)For23
- 23For
- 138Against
- 9Abstention
- 17Did not vote
Patriots for Europe (PfE)For68
- 68For
- 0Against
- 2Abstention
- 16Did not vote
Renew Europe (Renew)For0
- 0For
- 71Against
- 0Abstention
- 4Did not vote
Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)For0
- 0For
- 50Against
- 1Abstention
- 2Did not vote
Members
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| Name | Country | Group | Vote Position |
|---|---|---|---|
 Greece | S&D | For | |
 Cyprus | NI | For | |
 Ireland | GUE/NGL | For | |
 Italy | ECR | For | |
 Romania | ECR | For | |
 Germany | ESN | For | |
 France | EPP | For | |
 Netherlands | PfE | For | |
 Austria | PfE | For | |
| France | PfE | For |
