← Votes·2025-02-13

Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vote ID 171852Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (475 for, 14 against, 43 abstentions).

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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

475

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

461 votes

Turnout (cast)

532

Absent

188

Participation rate

73.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 131Against 1Abstain 1Absent 52

S&D135 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

PfE81 MEPs

For 36Against 7Abstain 19Absent 19

Renew79 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 55Against 2Abstain 3Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ESN26 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 17Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 12

Country angle

Most in favour

France61
Germany57
Italy48
Spain47
Poland39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 6Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 10Absent 28

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 10Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 5Absent 23

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Individual MEP positions

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