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New orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action

Vote ID 138003Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
75
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 10
Group division+12 / 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 “New orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE voted mostly against. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (551 for, 63 against, 83 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
551
Against
63
Abstain
83
Margin of victory
488 votes
Turnout (cast)
697
Absent
8
Participation rate
98.9%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 169Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Renew101 MEPs
For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 8Against 35Abstain 24Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 6Against 10Abstain 47Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 29Against 11Abstain 4Absent 0
The Left38 MEPs
For 34Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany81
  • Spain54
  • France48
  • Italy42
  • Romania32
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • France
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 48Against 29Abstain 2Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 81Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 42Against 0Abstain 33Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 23Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 0Abstain 27Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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