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The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians

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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Ukraine95%
Confidence: 95%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title mentions "ukraine"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Foreign Affairs75%
Confidence: 75%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • "ukraine" is a non-EU country topic
  • "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 178041Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
54
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Significant national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+15 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+3 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 10
Group division+12 / 15
Country division+12 / 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 human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, Renew, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. S&D mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (116 for, 427 against, 115 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
116
Against
427
Abstain
115
Margin of victory
311 votes
Turnout (cast)
658
Absent
62
Participation rate
91.4%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 1Against 166Abstain 0Absent 18
S&D135 MEPs
For 19Against 3Abstain 102Absent 11
ECR82 MEPs
For 0Against 79Abstain 0Absent 3
Renew79 MEPs
For 4Against 69Abstain 3Absent 3
PfE81 MEPs
For 4Against 63Abstain 1Absent 13
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2
The Left45 MEPs
For 38Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4
NI29 MEPs
For 2Against 19Abstain 5Absent 3
ESN27 MEPs
For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Ireland7
  • Cyprus2
Most against
  • Germany59
  • France48
  • Poland44
  • Italy38
  • Spain30
Divided delegations
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Ireland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 2Against 13Abstain 5Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 3Against 13Abstain 5Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 0Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 1Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 0Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2
France82 MEPs
For 28Against 48Abstain 0Absent 6
Germany96 MEPs
For 19Against 59Abstain 13Absent 5
Greece21 MEPs
For 2Against 14Abstain 5Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 17
Ireland14 MEPs
For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 15Against 38Abstain 18Absent 5
Latvia9 MEPs
For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 1Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 1Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 4Against 20Abstain 6Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 3Against 44Abstain 1Absent 5
Portugal21 MEPs
For 2Against 10Abstain 8Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 1Against 22Abstain 7Absent 3
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1
Spain60 MEPs
For 9Against 30Abstain 17Absent 4
Sweden21 MEPs
For 5Against 11Abstain 5Absent 0

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