← Votes·2025-02-13

Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vote ID 171859Source: 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
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (443 for, 4 against, 48 abstentions).

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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

443

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

439 votes

Turnout (cast)

495

Absent

225

Participation rate

68.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 116Against 2Abstain 2Absent 65

S&D135 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

PfE81 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 14Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 5Absent 24

Renew79 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

The Left45 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN26 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 15Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 11Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

France59
Germany45
Italy44
Spain43
Poland40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 17Absent 33

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 5Absent 27

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

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