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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – Iran

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title contains non-EU country "iran"

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Vote ID 189876Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – Iran”. EPP, PfE, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (426 for, 77 against, 14 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

426

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

349 votes

Turnout (cast)

517

Absent

201

Participation rate

72.0%

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

By political group

EPP184 MEPs

For 153Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 16Against 69Abstain 2Absent 48

PfE84 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew78 MEPs

For 52Against 2Abstain 1Absent 23

ECR82 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 32

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

ESN27 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 7Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
France46
Italy36
Spain34
Poland29

Most against

Malta2

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 46Against 8Abstain 0Absent 27

Germany95 MEPs

For 66Against 3Abstain 7Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 14Abstain 0Absent 26

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 26Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 0Absent 21

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 34Against 12Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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