← Votes·2024-04-25

Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "iran"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 169159Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (210 for, 225 against, 25 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

210

Against

225

Abstain

Margin of victory

15 votes

Turnout (cast)

460

Absent

245

Participation rate

65.3%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 15 votes. 245 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (245) was larger than the 15-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

S&Dhad 65 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
EPPhad 55 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
PfEhad 27 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
ECRhad 24 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
Renewhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
NIhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
Greens-EFAhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
Lefthad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 15)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (44 absent)Germany (26 absent)Spain (25 absent)Greece (18 absent)Romania (17 absent)Hungary (16 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 114Abstain 1Absent 55

Renew100 MEPs

For 27Against 50Abstain 2Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 0Absent 65

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 38Abstain 1Absent 24

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 17Absent 27

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 8Abstain 4Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France40
Germany35
Spain19
Ireland11
Portugal10

Most against

Poland32
Italy17
Romania15
Netherlands14
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 6

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 40Against 11Abstain 16Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 34Abstain 1Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 18

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 17Abstain 0Absent 44

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 32Abstain 0Absent 13

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 17

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 19Against 14Abstain 1Absent 25

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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