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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 178048Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
45
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Procedural or paragraph vote
  • ✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some 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+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 “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 (489 for, 160 against, 19 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
489
Against
160
Abstain
19
Margin of victory
329 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 164Against 4Abstain 1Absent 16
S&D135 MEPs
For 122Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12
PfE81 MEPs
For 0Against 77Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew79 MEPs
For 76Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
ECR82 MEPs
For 60Against 9Abstain 7Absent 6
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
The Left45 MEPs
For 14Against 20Abstain 8Absent 3
ESN27 MEPs
For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1
NI29 MEPs
For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany66
  • Italy53
  • Spain47
  • France42
  • Poland39
Most against
  • Czech Republic11
  • Hungary11
  • Slovakia8
Divided delegations
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Greece
  • Slovakia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3
Croatia12 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 42Against 34Abstain 0Absent 6
Germany96 MEPs
For 66Against 21Abstain 3Absent 6
Greece21 MEPs
For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8
Ireland14 MEPs
For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 53Against 16Abstain 1Absent 6
Latvia9 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 24Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 39Against 7Abstain 3Absent 4
Portugal21 MEPs
For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 24Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 47Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4
Sweden21 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

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