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European Parliament RC-B10-0476/2026 Passed

Action against Russian attacks on Black Sea commercial shipping

Official title: Escalatie van Russische aanvallen in de EU, met name op de scheepvaart in de Zwarte Zee, waardoor mensenlevens, de regionale stabiliteit en de voedselzekerheid worden bedreigd

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: โ€˜Adoptedโ€™)

In plain language

  • The European Parliament calls for stronger security measures against Russian attacks targeting merchant ships and infrastructure in the Black Sea.
  • This directly affects seafarers, shipping companies, coastal communities in Romania and Bulgaria, and global grain trading.
  • For you, it aims to secure everyday supplies of food and energy to help prevent sudden price spikes.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

How parliament voted

Passed on 22 October 2026

432 for ยท 52 against ยท 88 abstention(s)

In the European Parliament, a parliamentary group is a group of MEPs from like-minded parties in different countries. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

  • For
  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: colour of the group
  • EPP (Christian Democrats) Voted for

    140 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • S&D (Social Democrats) Divided

    106 for ยท 0 against ยท 5 abstentions

  • Patriots for Europe Divided

    9 for ยท 7 against ยท 56 abstentions

  • Renew (Liberals) Voted for

    67 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • ECR (Conservatives) Divided

    58 for ยท 2 against ยท 3 abstentions

  • Greens/EFA Divided

    40 for ยท 0 against ยท 2 abstentions

  • The Left Divided

    8 for ยท 9 against ยท 18 abstentions

  • Europe of Sovereign Nations Divided

    1 for ยท 19 against ยท 1 abstention

  • Non-attached Divided

    3 for ยท 15 against ยท 3 abstentions

How MEPs voted, by country

Each country elects its own MEPs. Here you can see how the members from each country voted, regardless of their group.

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น MEPs from Austria

Majority in favour

11 for ยท 6 against ยท 0 abstentions

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  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Figures: for / against / abstention.

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