← Votes·2023-03-16

Iran, in particular the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "iran"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 153868Source: 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 participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Iran, in particular the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (516 for, 5 against, 14 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

516

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

511 votes

Turnout (cast)

535

Absent

170

Participation rate

75.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 0Abstain 0Absent 40

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 1Absent 11

PfE65 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 4Absent 23

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 26

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France57
Italy49
Poland48
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 1Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 7Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 26

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Sweden21 MEPs