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Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Freedom Flotilla

Effect
Rejected
Result
164 for · 256 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date
5 May 2025, 18:37
Kind
Agenda vote
More facts (4)
Margin
by a clear majority
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Monday 5 May 2025
Final vote
175669
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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: 164 for, 256 against, 8 abstained (roll call).

Rejected by a clear majority.

The agenda was left unchanged.

Backed by The Left, Greens and S&D; opposed by Renew, EPP, ECR, 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 25Against 0Abst. 0No vote 21 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 76Against 0Abst. 1No vote 59 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
RenewFor 3Against 42Abst. 1No vote 29 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
EPPFor 6Against 112Abst. 1No vote 69 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.91
ECRFor 0Against 31Abst. 0No vote 49 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 0Against 59Abst. 0No vote 26 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 9Abst. 1No vote 16 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
No groupFor 11Against 3Abst. 4No vote 12 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group, Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group.

Voted against their group, 13

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
Austria48080.50
Belgium67090.31
Bulgaria38060.59
Cyprus2301—
Czechia011190.88
Germany28330350.31
Denmark75030.38
Estonia0106—
Spain13100370.35
Finland22011—
France22401180.45
Greece98040.29
Croatia2406—
Hungary212070.79
Ireland6008—
Italy20120440.44
Lithuania1406—
Luxembourg2202—
Latvia1107—
Malta2013—
Netherlands818140.50
Poland3331160.84
Portugal380100.59
Romania560220.32
Sweden99030.25
Slovenia3600—
Slovakia1536—

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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All votes on this decision, 1

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
1Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Freedom Flotilla Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Freedom Flotilla Roll call164 for, 256 against, 8 abstained Rejected

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-05/1
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Freedom Flotilla”. Decision, 5 May 2025. votingId 175669. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-05/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 5 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-05-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 5 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-05-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-05, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-05-05/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-05-05-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Freedom Flotilla}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-05},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-05/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-05/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 175669. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-05-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-05-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-05 (CC BY 4.0)}
}