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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 178042Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
57
/ 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+10 / 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”. EPP, ECR, PfE and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while S&D and Left voted mostly against. Renew, ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (409 for, 160 against, 99 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
409
Against
160
Abstain
99
Margin of victory
249 votes
Turnout (cast)
668
Absent
52
Participation rate
92.8%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 166Against 1Abstain 1Absent 17
S&D135 MEPs
For 14Against 111Abstain 1Absent 9
ECR82 MEPs
For 79Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Renew79 MEPs
For 23Against 2Abstain 52Absent 2
PfE81 MEPs
For 66Against 0Abstain 10Absent 5
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 43Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5
The Left45 MEPs
For 8Against 29Abstain 2Absent 6
ESN27 MEPs
For 5Against 2Abstain 19Absent 1
NI29 MEPs
For 3Against 10Abstain 12Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany52
  • France48
  • Poland48
  • Italy44
  • Spain32
Most against
  • Malta3
Divided delegations
  • Belgium
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • Spain
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 13Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 11Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 7Against 3Abstain 5Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 48Against 23Abstain 3Absent 8
Germany96 MEPs
For 52Against 14Abstain 26Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 8Against 8Abstain 4Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 10Absent 9
Ireland14 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 44Against 27Abstain 1Absent 4
Latvia9 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 17Against 6Abstain 7Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 48Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 17Against 7Abstain 4Absent 5
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 1Against 5Abstain 9Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 32Against 21Abstain 1Absent 6
Sweden21 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

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