← Votes·2022-04-07

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine

Ukraine95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "ukraine"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"ukraine" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 141776Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (509 for, 3 against, 47 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

509

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

506 votes

Turnout (cast)

559

Absent

146

Participation rate

79.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 149Against 0Abstain 1Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 0Absent 28

Renew101 MEPs

For 85Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 29Absent 15

PfE67 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 10Absent 28

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 4Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
Italy64
Spain48
France44
Romania25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 2Absent 32

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 1Abstain 8Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 19Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

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