← 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 169180Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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”. EPP, Renew, S&D, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (408 for, 12 against, 41 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.

Result analysis

For

408

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

396 votes

Turnout (cast)

461

Absent

244

Participation rate

65.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 53

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 2Absent 65

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 7Absent 26

PfE64 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 15Absent 30

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 7Absent 19

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 9Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France50
Poland36
Italy27
Spain26

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 14Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 5Abstain 2Absent 25

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 3Absent 46

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 7Absent 26

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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