← Votes·2026-07-09

The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "sudan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 195760Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+12 / 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 “The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (292 for, 279 against, 32 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

292

Against

279

Abstain

Margin of victory

13 votes

Turnout (cast)

603

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 13 votes. 15 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (15) was larger than the 13-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 5Against 161Abstain 1Absent 0

S&D111 MEPs

For 108Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew69 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR67 MEPs

For 7Against 56Abstain 2Absent 2

PfE69 MEPs

For 10Against 35Abstain 17Absent 7

Greens/EFA48 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

The Left36 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN25 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 4Absent 0

NI25 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain32
Netherlands18
Sweden16
Denmark11

Most against

Poland38
France33
Italy29
Romania15
Bulgaria9

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium18 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia10 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus3 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic17 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

France69 MEPs

For 31Against 33Abstain 2Absent 3

Germany90 MEPs

For 47Against 41Abstain 1Absent 1

Greece15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary15 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland12 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy54 MEPs

For 25Against 29Abstain 0Absent 0

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg5 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands28 MEPs

For 18Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland48 MEPs

For 3Against 38Abstain 6Absent 1

Portugal19 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania27 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 32Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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