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The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine

Effect
Adopted
Result
495 for · 137 against · 47 abstained roll call
Date
17 July 2024, 13:44–13:50
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Motion B-10-2024-0007
Dossier
2024/2721(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairsDefence & security Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
28 votes · 21 roll calls · 8 amendments
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · S&D (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · Renew (1 roll call) · EPP (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · Patriots (1 roll call, 2 split votes) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Final vote
169362
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (8 rejected) and 18 parts of the text voted on separately (13 adopted, 5 rejected).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 18Against 15Abst. 13No vote 0 of 46Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.09
GreensFor 41Against 3Abst. 6No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.73
S&DFor 119Against 4Abst. 2No vote 11 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 72Against 0Abst. 1No vote 4 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 172Against 0Abst. 8No vote 8 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
ECRFor 69Against 7Abst. 0No vote 2 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.86
PatriotsFor 2Against 56Abst. 15No vote 11 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.65
ESNFor 1Against 23Abst. 1No vote 0 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 1Against 29Abst. 1No vote 1 of 32Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Anna BRYŁKA changed group, Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group, Tomasz BUCZEK changed group.

Voted against their group, 50

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria126200.40
Belgium152230.68
Bulgaria122120.70
Cyprus3111—
Czechia94620.21
Germany6623340.58
Denmark130110.89
Estonia7000—
Spain406680.65
Finland150001.00
France4729140.42
Greece95520.21
Croatia100021.00
Hungary212700.36
Ireland110210.77
Italy5121220.53
Lithuania9002—
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8001—
Malta2301—
Netherlands250600.71
Poland466010.83
Portugal171210.78
Romania257010.67
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia78000.30

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 28

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0007/2024 – After § 1 – Am 1 Roll call91 for, 468 against, 20 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
2Paragraph 3 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Welcomes the recently launched EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova; believes that their steady integration into the EU represents a geostrategic and democratic opportunity and an investment in a united and strong Europe;”Show of hands RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
3Paragraph 3 — part 1 B10-0007/2024 – § 3/1 Part voted on: “Welcomes the recently launched EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova; believes that their steady integration into the EU represents a geostrategic and democratic opportunity and an investment in a united and strong Europe;”Roll call476 for, 107 against, 42 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Paragraph 3 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Welcomes the recently launched EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova; believes that their steady integration into the EU represents a geostrategic and democratic opportunity and an investment in a united and strong Europe;”Show of hands RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
3Paragraph 3 — part 1 B10-0007/2024 – § 3/1 Part voted on: “Welcomes the recently launched EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova; believes that their steady integration into the EU represents a geostrategic and democratic opportunity and an investment in a united and strong Europe;”Roll call476 for, 107 against, 42 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Paragraph 3 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “recalls that EU accession is a strictly merit-based process that requires the fulfilment of the criteria for EU membership, including those concerning democracy, the rule of law, fundamental values and the fight against corruption; recalls that the accession process requires adequate EU financial and technical assistance;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
5Vote on text inserted after paragraph 3 Show of hands Rejected
6Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 B10-0007/2024 – After § 3 – Am 6 Roll call194 for, 400 against, 53 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
7Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 B10-0007/2024 – After § 3 – Am 7 Roll call180 for, 436 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
8Vote on text inserted after paragraph 3 Counted78 for, 453 against, 68 abstained Rejected
9Paragraph 4 — part 1 B10-0007/2024 – § 4/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘reiterates its support for the peace formula presented by Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’ and ‘urges Hungary to lift its blockade of the European Peace Facility funding for Ukraine, including the agreed reimbursement for Member States for military assistance already delivered;’”Roll call456 for, 166 against, 26 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: ECR
10Paragraph 4 — part 2 B10-0007/2024 – § 4/2 Part voted on: ‘reiterates its support for the peace formula presented by Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy;’Roll call518 for, 47 against, 76 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: ECR
11Paragraph 4 — part 3 B10-0007/2024 – § 4/3 Part voted on: “urges Hungary to lift its blockade of the European Peace Facility funding for Ukraine, including the agreed reimbursement for Member States for military assistance already delivered;”Roll call498 for, 111 against, 52 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: ECR
12Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 B10-0007/2024 – § 5 – Am 9 Roll call35 for, 583 against, 45 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
13Paragraph 5 — part 1 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/1 Part voted on: ‘Recalls that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is part of a broader set of objectives against the West, against our democracy and our values; welcomes the outcome of the NATO Summit and reiterates its belief that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to NATO membership; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their military support to Ukraine for as long as necessary and in whatever form necessary; reiterates its previous position that all EU Member States and NATO allies should collectively and individually commit to supporting Ukraine militarily with no less than 0.25 % of their GDP annually;’ without the words ‘and reiterates its belief that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to NATO membership;’ ‘increase their military’ and ‘reiterates its previous position that all EU Member States and NATO allies should collectively and individually commit to supporting Ukraine militarily with no less than 0.25 % of their GDP annually’Roll call483 for, 153 against, 32 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
14Paragraph 5 — part 2 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/2 Part voted on: “and reiterates its belief that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to NATO membership;”Roll call450 for, 165 against, 46 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
15Paragraph 5 — part 3 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/3 Part voted on: “increase their military”Roll call457 for, 133 against, 79 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
16Paragraph 5 — part 4 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/4 Part voted on: “reiterates its previous position that all EU Member States and NATO allies should collectively and individually commit to supporting Ukraine militarily with no less than 0.25 % of their GDP annually”Roll call393 for, 178 against, 75 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
17Paragraph 5 — part 5 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/5 Part voted on: ‘calls on the Member States to further expand training operations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces such as EUMAM Ukraine, with a view to further increasing their operational capabilities; underlines that insufficient or delayed deliveries of weapons and ammunition risk offsetting the efforts made so far and therefore urges the Member States to substantially increase and significantly accelerate their military support and boost the capacity of their military industries; strongly advocates for the removal of restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine against military targets on Russian territory; welcomes the decision by NATO guaranteeing military supplies worth at least USD 40 billion in the near future;’ without the words ‘strongly advocates for the removal of restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine’ and ‘against military targets on Russian territory;’Roll call468 for, 119 against, 79 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
18Paragraph 5 — part 6 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/6 Part voted on: “strongly advocates for the removal of restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine”Roll call418 for, 168 against, 71 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
19Paragraph 5 — part 7 B10-0007/2024 – § 5/7 Part voted on: “against military targets on Russian territory;”Roll call414 for, 193 against, 62 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D; split: The Left, S&D, Patriots
20Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 B10-0007/2024 – After § 8 – Am 10 Roll call63 for, 564 against, 42 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
21Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 B10-0007/2024 – After § 8 – Am 11 Roll call57 for, 427 against, 177 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
22Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 B10-0007/2024 – After § 8 – Am 12 Roll call113 for, 497 against, 58 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
23Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 B10-0007/2024 – After § 9 – Am 13 Roll call96 for, 537 against, 44 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
24Vote on text inserted after recital B Show of hands Rejected
25Vote on text inserted after recital B Show of hands Rejected
26Separate vote on recital E B10-0007/2024 – Recital E Roll call482 for, 165 against, 22 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP
27Final vote — text as a whole B10-0007/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call495 for, 137 against, 47 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew, S&D, EPP
28Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion for a resolution Show of hands LapsedRequested byroll call: Renew, S&D, EPP

Roll calls requested by The Left, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN · split votes by The Left, S&D, ECR, Patriots (2).

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2024-0007

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Parliament adopted a resolution reaffirming the EU's continued support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and its commitment to political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic aid for as long as needed.

The text condemns Russia's war, the recent visit of Hungary's Prime Minister to Russia, and attacks on civilians, and calls for increased military support, sanctions, and accountability for war crimes.

It also welcomes Ukraine's EU accession talks and urges the Commission to propose long-term reconstruction assistance.

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This resolution reaffirms the EU's support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and calls for continued political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military, and diplomatic support until Ukraine's victory.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2721(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 17 July 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

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  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 July 2024 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Russia's war against Ukraine · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Russia's war against Ukraine

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-17/1
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European Parliament (2024). “The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine”. Decision, 17 July 2024. votingId 169362, document B-10-2024-0007, reference 2024/2721(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-17/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 July 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 July 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-07-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-07-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-07-17-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-07-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-17/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-07-17/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 169362, document B-10-2024-0007, reference 2024/2721(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-07-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-07-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}