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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russian"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"russian" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 179730Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Russia
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure”. Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (57 for, 443 against, 105 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

Against

443

Abstain

105

Margin of victory

386 votes

Turnout (cast)

605

Absent

115

Participation rate

84.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 156Abstain 3Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 94Abstain 0Absent 37

PfE82 MEPs

For 9Against 23Abstain 43Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 46Abstain 21Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 5Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 18Against 13Abstain 5Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 20Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Greece13
Cyprus3
Malta3

Most against

Germany60
Poland45
France41
Spain39
Italy28

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 30Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 7Against 60Abstain 15Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 10Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 28Abstain 20Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 3Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 39Abstain 6Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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