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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 179742Source: 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 (361 for, 210 against, 41 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

361

Against

210

Abstain

Margin of victory

151 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

108

Participation rate

85.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 7Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 86Against 4Abstain 9Absent 36

PfE82 MEPs

For 2Against 62Abstain 12Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 63Abstain 4Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 59Against 2Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 34Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Spain40
Poland26
Romania17
Netherlands16

Most against

France40
Italy34
Czech Republic10
Ireland4
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 4Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 32Against 40Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 23Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 11Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 34Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 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 16Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 21Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 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 11Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 8Absent 1

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