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Critical situation in Cuba

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "cuba"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 165987Source: 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
✓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+10 / 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 “Critical situation in Cuba”. EPP, Renew, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (285 for, 172 against, 46 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

285

Against

172

Abstain

Margin of victory

113 votes

Turnout (cast)

503

Absent

202

Participation rate

71.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 126Against 2Abstain 0Absent 51

S&D136 MEPs

For 10Against 81Abstain 9Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 1Abstain 1Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 50Abstain 3Absent 16

ECR65 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 1Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 20Absent 24

NI46 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 4Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 4Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany33
France32
Poland31
Italy26
Romania17

Most against

Spain26
Portugal10
Austria7
Greece3
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 6

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 32Against 15Abstain 15Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 33Against 29Abstain 6Absent 28

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 19Abstain 0Absent 31

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 9Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 31Against 7Abstain 0Absent 14

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 7Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 17Against 26Abstain 2Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 6Absent 2

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