← Votes·2020-11-25

Scalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks

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Confidence: 75%

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title contains non-EU country "turkey"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 125284Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Scalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (355 for, 290 against, 50 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

355

Against

290

Abstain

Margin of victory

65 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 172Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 14Against 113Abstain 7Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 8Against 91Abstain 2Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 68Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 27Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 7Abstain 11Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy58
France37
Greece21
Hungary13
Czech Republic12

Most against

Germany48
Spain33
Romania18
Netherlands16
Portugal12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 35Abstain 6Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 48Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 6Abstain 9Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 15Against 9Abstain 26Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 20Against 33Abstain 5Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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