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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 178056Source: official EP roll-call records
55
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Procedural or paragraph vote
  • High-interest topic: Ukraine
  • Some political group division
  • Significant 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+10 / 15
Country division+12 / 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, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (427 for, 181 against, 54 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
427
Against
181
Abstain
54
Margin of victory
246 votes
Turnout (cast)
662
Absent
58
Participation rate
91.9%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 160Against 1Abstain 8Absent 16
S&D135 MEPs
For 78Against 30Abstain 11Absent 16
ECR82 MEPs
For 67Against 4Abstain 8Absent 3
PfE81 MEPs
For 9Against 56Abstain 12Absent 4
Renew79 MEPs
For 67Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 38Against 5Abstain 3Absent 7
The Left45 MEPs
For 4Against 35Abstain 3Absent 3
ESN27 MEPs
For 3Against 24Abstain 0Absent 0
NI29 MEPs
For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany54
  • Poland49
  • Spain48
  • Italy37
  • Netherlands24
Most against
  • France39
  • Hungary12
  • Greece11
  • Slovakia8
  • Malta3
Divided delegations
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Slovakia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 3Against 6Abstain 10Absent 1
Belgium22 MEPs
For 11Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 9Against 4Abstain 7Absent 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 28Against 39Abstain 6Absent 9
Germany96 MEPs
For 54Against 34Abstain 2Absent 6
Greece21 MEPs
For 6Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8
Ireland14 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 37Against 31Abstain 1Absent 7
Latvia9 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 24Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 23Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 48Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4
Sweden21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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