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Prisoners of war in the aftermath of the most recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Foreign Affairs75%★
Confidence: 75%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title contains non-EU country "armenia"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 131764Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
74
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+8 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 10
Group division+6 / 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 “Prisoners of war in the aftermath of the most recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (607 for, 27 against, 54 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
607
Against
27
Abstain
54
Margin of victory
580 votes
Turnout (cast)
688
Absent
17
Participation rate
97.6%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 174Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 128Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5
Renew101 MEPs
For 95Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 50Against 1Abstain 14Absent 2
ECR63 MEPs
For 26Against 25Abstain 11Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 27Against 1Abstain 14Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany83
  • France77
  • Italy74
  • Spain57
  • Romania31
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Poland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Germany96 MEPs
For 83Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 13Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 23Abstain 2Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 57Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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