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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 179735Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Russia
✓Some political group division
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (533 for, 9 against, 62 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

533

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

524 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

116

Participation rate

83.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

PfE82 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 25Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 19Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 16Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France68
Germany63
Italy55
Poland47
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 2Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 21Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 5Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 7Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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