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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 179740Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (356 for, 218 against, 39 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

356

Against

218

Abstain

Margin of victory

138 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

107

Participation rate

85.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 154Against 5Abstain 9Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 89Against 4Abstain 7Absent 35

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 75Abstain 1Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 59Abstain 7Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 3Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 31Abstain 4Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 5Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain40
Poland25
Netherlands18
Romania17

Most against

France46
Italy34
Hungary11
Czech Republic9
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 9Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 25Against 46Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 24Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 4Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 6Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 34Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

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