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Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "syria"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 164839Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (428 for, 35 against, 43 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

428

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

393 votes

Turnout (cast)

506

Absent

199

Participation rate

71.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 54

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 1Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 5Absent 19

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 33Against 7Abstain 6Absent 19

PfE64 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 17Absent 21

The Left38 MEPs

For 14Against 9Abstain 6Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 5Absent 24

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
Italy42
Poland42
France40
Spain35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 40Against 3Abstain 11Absent 25

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 8Abstain 3Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 3Absent 31

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 3Abstain 3Absent 18

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

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