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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 179770Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Russia
✓Some 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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (469 for, 97 against, 38 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

469

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

372 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

116

Participation rate

83.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 4Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 91Against 3Abstain 1Absent 40

PfE82 MEPs

For 40Against 20Abstain 17Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 1Absent 12

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 9Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 30Abstain 3Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France60
Germany60
Poland47
Italy43
Spain38

Most against

Hungary12
Malta3

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 60Against 8Abstain 5Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 24Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 13Abstain 6Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 38Against 3Abstain 10Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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