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Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus

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title contains non-EU country "syria"

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Vote ID 178232Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 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 “Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus”. ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (235 for, 357 against, 36 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

235

Against

357

Abstain

Margin of victory

122 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 47Against 101Abstain 26Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 106Abstain 0Absent 29

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 8Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 2Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France37
Spain28
Poland26
Czech Republic15
Hungary7

Most against

Germany69
Italy31
Netherlands21
Portugal19
Romania16

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
France
Italy
Latvia
Romania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 25Abstain 0Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 20Against 69Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 31Abstain 9Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 18Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 16Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 28Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 4Absent 1

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