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Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon

Effect
Rejected
Result
181 for · 259 against · 6 abstained roll call
Date
18 May 2026, 18:16
Kind
Agenda vote
More facts (4)
Margin
by a clear majority
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Monday 18 May 2026
Final vote
192716
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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: 181 for, 259 against, 6 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 36Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 41Against 0Abst. 1No vote 11 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
S&DFor 75Against 1Abst. 1No vote 59 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 11Against 31Abst. 1No vote 34 of 77Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.58
EPPFor 0Against 111Abst. 0No vote 72 of 183Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 0Against 42Abst. 1No vote 38 of 81Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
PatriotsFor 0Against 61Abst. 1No vote 23 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 2Against 9Abst. 1No vote 15 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.63
No groupFor 16Against 4Abst. 0No vote 10 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 20

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
Austria59150.40
Belgium78160.25
Bulgaria2609—
Cyprus0006—
Czechia216120.76
Germany25281420.28
Denmark87000.30
Estonia0106—
Spain17250180.39
Finland55050.25
France18381240.50
Greece87150.25
Croatia4404—
Hungary012071.00
Ireland12011—
Italy23200330.30
Lithuania2504—
Luxembourg2202—
Latvia1305—
Malta0006—
Netherlands1116040.39
Poland4260230.80
Portugal72012—
Romania680190.36
Sweden116040.47
Slovenia3204—
Slovakia91050.85

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
1Tuesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon Roll call181 for, 259 against, 6 abstained Rejected

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/4
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon”. Decision, 18 May 2026. votingId 192716. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-18-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-18/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192716. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}