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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 178236Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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”. EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (364 for, 261 against, 14 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

364

Against

261

Abstain

Margin of victory

103 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 166Against 2Abstain 3Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 3Against 113Abstain 1Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 64Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 7Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Poland46
Italy40
France38
Spain29

Most against

Netherlands17
Belgium14
Portugal12
Sweden12
Ireland9

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 38Against 36Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 37Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 21Abstain 7Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 27Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

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