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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 178043Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
53
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Some 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+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 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”. Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (91 for, 524 against, 57 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
91
Against
524
Abstain
57
Margin of victory
433 votes
Turnout (cast)
672
Absent
48
Participation rate
93.3%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 1Against 166Abstain 3Absent 15
S&D135 MEPs
For 15Against 105Abstain 5Absent 10
ECR82 MEPs
For 0Against 78Abstain 2Absent 2
PfE81 MEPs
For 2Against 74Abstain 1Absent 4
Renew79 MEPs
For 4Against 70Abstain 2Absent 3
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 20Against 3Abstain 27Absent 3
The Left45 MEPs
For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
ESN27 MEPs
For 2Against 20Abstain 4Absent 1
NI29 MEPs
For 7Against 6Abstain 13Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Ireland9
  • Malta3
Most against
  • Germany63
  • France62
  • Italy51
  • Spain49
  • Poland46
Divided delegations
  • Malta
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 0Against 18Abstain 2Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 1Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2
Estonia7 MEPs
For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 15Against 62Abstain 0Absent 5
Germany96 MEPs
For 6Against 63Abstain 22Absent 5
Greece21 MEPs
For 3Against 14Abstain 3Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 7
Ireland14 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 20Against 51Abstain 0Absent 5
Latvia9 MEPs
For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 1Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 1Against 26Abstain 2Absent 2
Poland53 MEPs
For 0Against 46Abstain 4Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 1Against 27Abstain 2Absent 3
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 3Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain60 MEPs
For 7Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4
Sweden21 MEPs
For 2Against 11Abstain 8Absent 0

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