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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 178047Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
55
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
  • ✓Some 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+10 / 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, S&D, Renew, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (466 for, 142 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
466
Against
142
Abstain
57
Margin of victory
324 votes
Turnout (cast)
665
Absent
55
Participation rate
92.4%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 157Against 1Abstain 8Absent 19
S&D135 MEPs
For 111Against 7Abstain 7Absent 10
Renew79 MEPs
For 70Against 1Abstain 6Absent 2
ECR82 MEPs
For 62Against 6Abstain 8Absent 6
PfE81 MEPs
For 14Against 50Abstain 11Absent 6
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 43Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2
The Left45 MEPs
For 7Against 24Abstain 10Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 1Against 25Abstain 1Absent 0
NI29 MEPs
For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany67
  • Spain50
  • Italy47
  • Poland44
  • France34
Most against
  • Hungary11
  • Slovakia8
  • Malta4
Divided delegations
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Slovakia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 4Abstain 7Absent 2
Denmark15 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 34Against 24Abstain 16Absent 8
Germany96 MEPs
For 67Against 24Abstain 0Absent 5
Greece21 MEPs
For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8
Ireland14 MEPs
For 5Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 47Against 22Abstain 0Absent 7
Latvia9 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 22Against 0Abstain 8Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 44Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 22Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 50Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5
Sweden21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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