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Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future?

Foreign Affairs63%★

Confidence: 63%

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title/description contains "diplomacy"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 163286Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future?”. NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and PfE voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (81 for, 427 against, 97 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

Against

427

Abstain

Margin of victory

346 votes

Turnout (cast)

605

Absent

100

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 152Abstain 1Absent 25

S&D136 MEPs

For 11Against 90Abstain 2Absent 33

Renew100 MEPs

For 6Against 84Abstain 4Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 59Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 3Against 54Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 26Abstain 23Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 16Abstain 5Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Malta4
Slovenia4
Cyprus3

Most against

France50
Poland47
Germany45
Spain45
Italy28

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 6Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 10Against 50Abstain 12Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 45Abstain 23Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 10Against 28Abstain 20Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 4Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 7Against 45Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 3Absent 1

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