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Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon

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Vote ID 192716Source: 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+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 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 “Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon”. 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 (181 for, 259 against, 6 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

181

Against

259

Abstain

Margin of victory

78 votes

Turnout (cast)

446

Absent

265

Participation rate

62.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 111Abstain 0Absent 68

S&D135 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 1Absent 59

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 1Absent 23

Renew77 MEPs

For 12Against 31Abstain 1Absent 33

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 1Absent 38

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 15

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy23
Sweden11
Slovakia9
Denmark8
Greece8

Most against

France38
Germany28
Poland26
Spain25
Czech Republic16

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 18Against 38Abstain 1Absent 23

Germany95 MEPs

For 25Against 28Abstain 1Absent 41

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary18 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 20Abstain 0Absent 33

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 26Abstain 0Absent 23

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 19

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 17Against 25Abstain 0Absent 18

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

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