← 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 195769Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (476 for, 28 against, 96 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

476

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

448 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

Participation rate

97.1%

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

By political group

EPP167 MEPs

For 143Against 2Abstain 18Absent 4

S&D111 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR67 MEPs

For 35Against 2Abstain 29Absent 1

Renew69 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE69 MEPs

For 12Against 24Abstain 26Absent 7

Greens/EFA48 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

The Left36 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

ESN25 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 11Absent 0

NI25 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 10Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Spain51
Poland42
France41
Italy32

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium18 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 2

Croatia10 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus3 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France69 MEPs

For 41Against 24Abstain 1Absent 3

Germany90 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 25Absent 2

Greece15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Hungary15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy54 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 22Absent 0

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands28 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland48 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Portugal19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania27 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Slovakia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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