← Votes·2025-11-27

Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "sudan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182288Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (503 for, 32 against, 52 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

503

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

471 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 0Absent 39

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

PfE84 MEPs

For 9Against 30Abstain 36Absent 9

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 2Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 11Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
Italy51
Poland46
France43
Spain43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 43Against 29Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 9Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 4Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 4Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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