← Votes·2024-04-25

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

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title contains non-EU country "iran"

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Vote ID 169182Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (357 for, 20 against, 58 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

357

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

337 votes

Turnout (cast)

435

Absent

270

Participation rate

61.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 2Absent 65

Renew100 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 2Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 5Absent 67

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 27Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 34Against 2Abstain 0Absent 29

PfE64 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 6Absent 32

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 7Absent 21

The Left38 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 6Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
France46
Poland30
Italy24
Spain23

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 15Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 3Absent 27

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 5Absent 46

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 8Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 21

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 1Absent 31

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

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