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Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russia"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Ukraine95%

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "ukraine"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"ukraine" is a non-EU country topic
"russia" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 185884Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Ukraine
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine”. EPP, ECR and PfE voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (263 for, 273 against, 50 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

263

Against

273

Abstain

Margin of victory

10 votes

Turnout (cast)

586

Absent

133

Participation rate

81.5%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 10 votes. 133 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (133) was larger than the 10-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 38 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
PfEhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
S&Dhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
ECRhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
Renewhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
NIhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 10)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Hungary (20 absent)France (19 absent)Germany (19 absent)Poland (12 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 147Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 7Against 110Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew78 MEPs

For 14Against 51Abstain 1Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 5Absent 17

PfE84 MEPs

For 33Against 14Abstain 15Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 1Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 29Abstain 9Absent 6

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 13Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 5Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland39
France34
Spain27
Romania14
Czech Republic9

Most against

Germany38
Italy33
Netherlands20
Belgium15
Austria13

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Malta
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 3Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 23Abstain 5Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 26Against 38Abstain 13Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 33Abstain 7Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 20Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 13Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 26Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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Result analysis

Close vote analysis

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

By political group

Country angle

Individual MEP positions

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