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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "israel"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 184682Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (171 for, 217 against, 34 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

171

Against

217

Abstain

Margin of victory

46 votes

Turnout (cast)

422

Absent

297

Participation rate

58.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 3Against 104Abstain 3Absent 75

S&D135 MEPs

For 72Against 1Abstain 0Absent 62

PfE84 MEPs

For 8Against 48Abstain 1Absent 27

Renew78 MEPs

For 5Against 30Abstain 7Absent 36

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 39Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 16Absent 42

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 6Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 18

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy19
Austria11
Belgium10
Sweden9
Denmark8

Most against

Germany30
France29
Poland26
Spain23
Netherlands20

Divided delegations

Croatia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Portugal
Romania
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

France81 MEPs

For 22Against 29Abstain 2Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 28Against 30Abstain 3Absent 35

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 13Absent 38

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 26Abstain 3Absent 21

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 21

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 7Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 15Against 23Abstain 1Absent 21

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

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