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EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russia"
title mentions "russian"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "sanctions"
"russia" is a non-EU country topic
"russian" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 170486Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Russia
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia”. PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (131 for, 444 against, 57 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

131

Against

444

Abstain

Margin of victory

313 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

87.4%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 3Against 159Abstain 2Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 115Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE81 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 52Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 34Abstain 1Absent 7

NI30 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic11
Hungary9
Slovakia8
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany70
Spain44
France38
Italy38
Poland29

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland16 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 38Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 16Against 70Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 8Against 38Abstain 20Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 24Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 29Abstain 17Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 6Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 44Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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