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90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide

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Vote ID 151387Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide”. 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 (507 for, 12 against, 17 abstentions).

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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

507

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

495 votes

Turnout (cast)

536

Absent

169

Participation rate

76.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 44

S&D137 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

PfE65 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 4Absent 11

ECR64 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

NI45 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 4Absent 18

The Left37 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 6Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France60
Italy57
Spain45
Poland42

Most against

Cyprus1

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 1Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 9Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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