← Votes·2023-11-23

The Georgian citizens Tamaz Ginturi killed and Levan Dotiashvili abducted by the Russian occupation forces in the occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russian"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"russian" is a non-EU country topic
title contains non-EU country "georgia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 161866Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Russia
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 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 Georgian citizens Tamaz Ginturi killed and Levan Dotiashvili abducted by the Russian occupation forces in the occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 7 against, 50 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

495

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

488 votes

Turnout (cast)

552

Absent

150

Participation rate

78.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

S&D136 MEPs

For 99Against 0Abstain 1Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR64 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 23Absent 17

The Left36 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 10Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 10Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany60
Italy55
France52
Spain48
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 15Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 12Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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