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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 178054Source: official EP roll-call records
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/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Procedural or paragraph vote
  • High-interest topic: Ukraine
  • Strong political group division
  • 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+7 / 10
Group division+12 / 15
Country division+0 / 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 and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (73 for, 537 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
73
Against
537
Abstain
57
Margin of victory
464 votes
Turnout (cast)
667
Absent
53
Participation rate
92.6%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 0Against 169Abstain 0Absent 16
S&D135 MEPs
For 5Against 115Abstain 5Absent 10
ECR82 MEPs
For 1Against 75Abstain 3Absent 3
PfE81 MEPs
For 6Against 64Abstain 6Absent 5
Renew79 MEPs
For 1Against 74Abstain 1Absent 3
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 11Against 11Abstain 28Absent 3
The Left45 MEPs
For 35Against 1Abstain 4Absent 5
NI29 MEPs
For 12Against 5Abstain 8Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against
  • Germany70
  • France62
  • Poland49
  • Spain48
  • Italy44
Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 6Against 12Abstain 2Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 3Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 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 0Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 9Against 62Abstain 5Absent 6
Germany96 MEPs
For 9Against 70Abstain 10Absent 7
Greece21 MEPs
For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8
Ireland14 MEPs
For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 15Against 44Abstain 10Absent 7
Latvia9 MEPs
For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 1Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 0Against 28Abstain 0Absent 3
Poland53 MEPs
For 0Against 49Abstain 1Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 1Against 25Abstain 4Absent 3
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 1Against 8Abstain 6Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 7Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5
Sweden21 MEPs
For 0Against 16Abstain 5Absent 0

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