← Votes·2026-02-12

Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire

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title contains non-EU country "syria"

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Vote ID 185339Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (363 for, 71 against, 81 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

363

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

292 votes

Turnout (cast)

515

Absent

204

Participation rate

71.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 116Against 2Abstain 4Absent 63

S&D135 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 0Absent 40

PfE84 MEPs

For 12Against 33Abstain 20Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 46Absent 18

Renew78 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 3Absent 12

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 8Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany56
Spain41
Italy36
France26
Poland24

Most against

Greece4

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 1Absent 29

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 14Abstain 0Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 9Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 15Absent 25

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 16Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 6Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

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