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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 178055Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
48
/ 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+0 / 15
Legislative+0 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 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”. Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (128 for, 500 against, 44 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
128
Against
500
Abstain
44
Margin of victory
372 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 2Against 168Abstain 0Absent 15
S&D135 MEPs
For 8Against 115Abstain 2Absent 10
ECR82 MEPs
For 5Against 72Abstain 2Absent 3
PfE81 MEPs
For 29Against 16Abstain 32Absent 4
Renew79 MEPs
For 1Against 75Abstain 0Absent 3
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 5Against 44Abstain 1Absent 3
The Left45 MEPs
For 34Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 22Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0
NI29 MEPs
For 20Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Hungary11
  • Greece9
  • Slovakia8
  • Malta3
Most against
  • Germany67
  • Spain50
  • Italy48
  • Poland44
  • France40
Divided delegations
  • Greece
  • Malta
  • Slovakia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 4Against 14Abstain 2Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 0Against 12Abstain 2Absent 1
France82 MEPs
For 10Against 40Abstain 26Absent 6
Germany96 MEPs
For 23Against 67Abstain 2Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7
Ireland14 MEPs
For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 22Against 48Abstain 0Absent 6
Latvia9 MEPs
For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 6Against 24Abstain 0Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 3Against 44Abstain 3Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 2Against 17Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 3Against 25Abstain 2Absent 3
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 5Against 50Abstain 1Absent 4
Sweden21 MEPs
For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

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