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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 179731Source: 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, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (65 for, 457 against, 83 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

457

Abstain

Margin of victory

392 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 0Against 169Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 93Abstain 1Absent 37

PfE82 MEPs

For 4Against 19Abstain 51Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 8Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 4Against 37Abstain 4Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 10Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 6Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Malta3

Most against

Germany62
Poland47
Spain45
Italy38
Netherlands26

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 1Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 38Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 62Abstain 2Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 10Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 38Abstain 9Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 2Absent 10

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 45Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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