← Votes·2026-07-09

Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025)

Vote ID 195612Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 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 “Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025)”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (279 for, 259 against, 54 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

279

Against

259

Abstain

Margin of victory

20 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

Participation rate

95.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 20 votes. 26 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (26) was larger than the 20-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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

EPP167 MEPs

For 6Against 149Abstain 1Absent 11

S&D111 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE69 MEPs

For 0Against 31Abstain 35Absent 3

Renew69 MEPs

For 52Against 9Abstain 5Absent 3

ECR67 MEPs

For 16Against 45Abstain 3Absent 3

Greens/EFA48 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left36 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI25 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 8Absent 0

ESN25 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy40
France32
Spain28
Sweden13
Ireland12

Most against

Poland43
Germany40
Netherlands16
Czech Republic13
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium18 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia10 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus3 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic17 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France69 MEPs

For 32Against 9Abstain 24Absent 4

Germany90 MEPs

For 39Against 40Abstain 5Absent 6

Greece15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy54 MEPs

For 40Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands28 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland48 MEPs

For 4Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal19 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania27 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 6Absent 3

Slovakia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 28Against 25Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

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