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Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip)

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "israel"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Defence & Security66%

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168685Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip)”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (130 for, 173 against, 16 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

130

Against

173

Abstain

Margin of victory

43 votes

Turnout (cast)

319

Absent

386

Participation rate

45.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 3Absent 109

S&D136 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 1Absent 69

Renew100 MEPs

For 7Against 49Abstain 1Absent 43

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 7Absent 23

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 38

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 2Absent 42

The Left38 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 23

NI46 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 35

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain15
Portugal11
Sweden10
Austria5
Denmark5

Most against

France32
Germany32
Poland15
Italy12
Netherlands11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Belgium21 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 17Against 32Abstain 0Absent 30

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 32Abstain 7Absent 43

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 2Absent 54

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 1Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 19

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 0Absent 34

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Individual MEP positions

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