← 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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title contains non-EU country "syria"

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Vote ID 178244Source: 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
✓Significant 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+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 “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 (237 for, 372 against, 23 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

237

Against

372

Abstain

Margin of victory

135 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 50Against 113Abstain 10Absent 12

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 106Abstain 0Absent 29

ECR82 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE81 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 8Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 5Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France37
Italy31
Spain28
Poland26
Czech Republic15

Most against

Germany64
Netherlands21
Portugal19
Romania16
Belgium14

Divided delegations

Croatia
Cyprus
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 26Abstain 1Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 64Abstain 3Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 30Abstain 8Absent 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 24Abstain 0Absent 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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