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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 179764Source: 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
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+8 / 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”. Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (54 for, 464 against, 88 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

Against

464

Abstain

Margin of victory

410 votes

Turnout (cast)

606

Absent

114

Participation rate

84.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 166Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 94Abstain 2Absent 39

PfE82 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 58Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 1Absent 13

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 60Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 21Against 15Abstain 2Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 8Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 16Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany62
Italy44
Poland44
Spain44
France43

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 30Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 9Against 62Abstain 14Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 5Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 12Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 44Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 44Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 3Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 44Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

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