← Votes·2025-12-18

Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri

Vote ID 182968Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (519 for, 2 against, 50 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

519

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

517 votes

Turnout (cast)

571

Absent

148

Participation rate

79.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 149Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

S&D135 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 4Absent 30

ECR82 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

PfE84 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 3Absent 23

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 39Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
Italy58
France57
Spain46
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

France81 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 4Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 10Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 2Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 9Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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