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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Freedom Flotilla

Vote ID 175669Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Freedom Flotilla”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (164 for, 256 against, 8 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

164

Against

256

Abstain

Margin of victory

92 votes

Turnout (cast)

428

Absent

292

Participation rate

59.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 109Abstain 1Absent 69

S&D135 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 1Absent 58

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 43Abstain 1Absent 31

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 0Absent 50

The Left45 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 4Absent 11

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 17

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy20
Spain13
Greece9
Sweden9
Denmark7

Most against

France40
Germany33
Poland33
Netherlands18
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 9

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

France82 MEPs

For 22Against 40Abstain 1Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 28Against 33Abstain 0Absent 35

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 20Against 12Abstain 0Absent 44

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 33Abstain 1Absent 16

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 10

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 22

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 6

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 0Absent 37

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

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