Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2019

Reference A9-0259/2020Committee AFET

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How the groups voted

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The Left39

16121155%

S&D145

13901599%

Greens/EFA73

The European Parliament adopted by 459 votes to 62, with 163 abstentions, a resolution on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter - annual report 2019.Members called for policies in support of human rights, democracy, the rule of law and the fight against impunity to be mainstreamed into all other EU policies with an external dimension, such as development, migration, security, the fight against terrorism, women's rights, gender equality, enlargement and trade.With regard to EU action at the multilateral level, the resolution stressed the importance of:- developing an explicit strategy to counter the increasing withdrawal and retreat of states from the international human rights framework;…