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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 179743Source: 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 (369 for, 212 against, 35 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

369

Against

212

Abstain

Margin of victory

157 votes

Turnout (cast)

616

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 158Against 5Abstain 6Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 91Against 4Abstain 4Absent 36

PfE82 MEPs

For 1Against 64Abstain 12Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 62Abstain 4Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 3Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 5Against 33Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
Spain40
Poland25
Netherlands20
Romania17

Most against

France47
Italy32
Czech Republic9
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 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 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 9Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 26Against 47Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 24Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 11Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 5Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 32Abstain 0Absent 14

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 20Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 22Abstain 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 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 11Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

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