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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel)

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Vote ID 168690Source: official EP roll-call records

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel)”. Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (22 for, 289 against, 10 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

Against

289

Abstain

Margin of victory

267 votes

Turnout (cast)

321

Absent

384

Participation rate

45.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 106

S&D136 MEPs

For 7Against 58Abstain 4Absent 67

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 53Abstain 3Absent 44

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 1Against 45Abstain 1Absent 23

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 1Absent 38

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 44

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 23

NI46 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 35

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland2
Slovenia2

Most against

Germany56
France44
Netherlands21
Poland21
Spain20

Divided delegations

Ireland
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

France79 MEPs

For 3Against 44Abstain 1Absent 31

Germany96 MEPs

For 0Against 56Abstain 1Absent 39

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 56

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 1Absent 20

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 0Absent 35

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 7

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