← 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 178245Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (625 for, 7 against, 10 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

625

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

618 votes

Turnout (cast)

642

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 174Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE81 MEPs

For 61Against 5Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 6Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
France73
Italy70
Spain56
Poland50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

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 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs