← Votes·2025-03-12

The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "syria"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 172585Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (462 for, 76 against, 106 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

462

Against

Abstain

106

Margin of victory

386 votes

Turnout (cast)

644

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 155Against 2Abstain 5Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 35Against 4Abstain 35Absent 8

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 39Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 18Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain43
Poland41
France37
Romania25

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 10Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 31Abstain 4Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 18Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 6Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 10Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 36Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 6Abstain 5Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

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