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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 179755Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (233 for, 272 against, 104 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

233

Against

272

Abstain

104

Margin of victory

39 votes

Turnout (cast)

609

Absent

111

Participation rate

84.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 1Abstain 4Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 10Against 88Abstain 0Absent 37

PfE82 MEPs

For 2Against 34Abstain 41Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 52Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 59Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 31Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 31Abstain 3Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Poland28
Romania14
Sweden11
Czech Republic9

Most against

Italy35
France32
Spain30
Netherlands14
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Malta
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 11Against 32Abstain 30Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 40Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 4Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 7Against 35Abstain 20Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 20Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 5Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 20Against 30Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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