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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group (Palestine)

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "palestine"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168691Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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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+10 / 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 (Palestine)”. 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 (42 for, 273 against, 7 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

273

Abstain

Margin of victory

231 votes

Turnout (cast)

322

Absent

383

Participation rate

45.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 106

S&D136 MEPs

For 6Against 61Abstain 3Absent 66

Renew100 MEPs

For 1Against 54Abstain 2Absent 43

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 19Against 26Abstain 2Absent 23

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 38

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 43

The Left38 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 24

NI46 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 36

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland4
Luxembourg2

Most against

Germany55
France34
Poland21
Netherlands20
Spain18

Divided delegations

Greece
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 14

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 10

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Finland14 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 9

France79 MEPs

For 15Against 34Abstain 1Absent 29

Germany96 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 0Absent 40

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 2Absent 54

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 1Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 31

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 20

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 5Against 18Abstain 0Absent 36

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

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