← 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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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "syria"

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Vote ID 178240Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+6 / 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, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (615 for, 5 against, 21 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

615

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

610 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

89.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 175Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 2Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 11Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
France73
Italy69
Spain55
Poland50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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