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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 178053Source: 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 (98 for, 511 against, 61 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
98
Against
511
Abstain
61
Margin of victory
413 votes
Turnout (cast)
670
Absent
50
Participation rate
93.1%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 1Against 164Abstain 3Absent 17
S&D135 MEPs
For 18Against 99Abstain 9Absent 9
ECR82 MEPs
For 0Against 74Abstain 5Absent 3
PfE81 MEPs
For 0Against 76Abstain 1Absent 4
Renew79 MEPs
For 6Against 70Abstain 0Absent 3
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 19Against 3Abstain 28Absent 3
The Left45 MEPs
For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 4Against 18Abstain 4Absent 1
NI29 MEPs
For 9Against 5Abstain 11Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Ireland11
  • Malta3
Most against
  • Germany64
  • France63
  • Italy48
  • Spain48
  • Poland43
Divided delegations
  • Malta
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 0Against 17Abstain 2Absent 1
Belgium22 MEPs
For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 0Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 1Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 1Against 8Abstain 3Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 14Against 63Abstain 0Absent 5
Germany96 MEPs
For 7Against 64Abstain 19Absent 6
Greece21 MEPs
For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 7
Ireland14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 20Against 48Abstain 2Absent 6
Latvia9 MEPs
For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 0Against 26Abstain 2Absent 3
Poland53 MEPs
For 0Against 43Abstain 7Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 1Against 27Abstain 2Absent 3
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 3Against 7Abstain 5Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 8Against 48Abstain 0Absent 4
Sweden21 MEPs
For 2Against 11Abstain 8Absent 0

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