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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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Vote ID 163293Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Significant 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+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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?”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (480 for, 108 against, 34 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

480

Against

108

Abstain

Margin of victory

372 votes

Turnout (cast)

622

Absent

Participation rate

88.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 147Against 4Abstain 4Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 3Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 39Against 16Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 17Absent 3

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 2Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Poland48
Spain48
Italy47
France41

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 41Against 23Abstain 6Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 10Abstain 5Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 47Against 19Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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