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How to build an innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current and forgotten crises

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Vote ID 160141Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “How to build an innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current and forgotten crises”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (432 for, 33 against, 98 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

432

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

399 votes

Turnout (cast)

563

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 9Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR64 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 47Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 37Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 3Absent 14

The Left36 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Spain47
France45
Italy31
Romania25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 4Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 24Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 8Abstain 2Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 24Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 25Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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