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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Temporary measures concerning driver documents issued by Ukraine

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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
"russia" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147248Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
✓High participation

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Temporary measures concerning driver documents issued by Ukraine”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (561 for, 6 against, 5 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

561

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

555 votes

Turnout (cast)

572

Absent

133

Participation rate

81.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 141Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 0Absent 28

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 3Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 1Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
Italy64
France63
Poland47
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 2Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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