← Votes·2023-10-05

The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

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title contains non-EU country "armenia"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 158961Source: 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
✓Many 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+7 / 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 “The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (491 for, 9 against, 36 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

491

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

482 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 138Against 2Abstain 0Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 96Against 1Abstain 2Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 1Abstain 0Absent 22

ECR65 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 10Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 10Absent 17

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 4Absent 18

The Left37 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France62
Italy57
Spain41
Poland32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 2Abstain 5Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 8Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 5Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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