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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 178052Source: 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
  • ✓Some 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+3 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 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”. S&D, ECR, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, Renew, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (287 for, 364 against, 21 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
287
Against
364
Abstain
21
Margin of victory
77 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 7Against 162Abstain 1Absent 15
S&D135 MEPs
For 122Against 1Abstain 1Absent 11
ECR82 MEPs
For 64Against 10Abstain 6Absent 2
PfE81 MEPs
For 10Against 66Abstain 1Absent 4
Renew79 MEPs
For 7Against 70Abstain 0Absent 2
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
The Left45 MEPs
For 23Against 8Abstain 9Absent 5
ESN27 MEPs
For 3Against 23Abstain 1Absent 0
NI29 MEPs
For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Italy49
  • Spain32
  • Poland28
  • Sweden18
  • Finland10
Most against
  • Germany58
  • France48
  • Netherlands19
  • Romania16
  • Czech Republic15
Divided delegations
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Germany
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 7Against 10Abstain 4Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3
Croatia12 MEPs
For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 4Against 15Abstain 1Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 27Against 48Abstain 2Absent 5
Germany96 MEPs
For 33Against 58Abstain 1Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 3Against 13Abstain 4Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7
Ireland14 MEPs
For 1Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 49Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4
Latvia9 MEPs
For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 11Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 28Against 21Abstain 1Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2
Romania33 MEPs
For 11Against 16Abstain 3Absent 3
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 32Against 21Abstain 2Absent 5
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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