← Votes·2025-07-10

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

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "syria"

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Vote ID 178237Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Strong political group division
✓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+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (581 for, 16 against, 34 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

581

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

565 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

87.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE81 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 11Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 20Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 3Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France73
Germany69
Italy68
Spain54
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 6Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 5Abstain 15Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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