The joint resolution passed by 412 votes to 63 , with 53 abstentions — a comfortable majority carried by EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and the Greens/EFA, with a majority of PfE members either abstaining or voting against, and ESN voting against almost unanimously. As a non-legislative own-initiative resolution, it has no direct legal effect, but it constitutes the Parliament's formal political position and is intended to press the Commission and Member States to strengthen EU-level responses to Russian drone provocations, with potential to shape the EU's security and defence agenda. The substantive amendments written into the text reinforced its defence-integration dimension: calls for a genuine EU defence union with rapid decision-making (Am. 5263), deepened coordination and pooling of resources against Russian threats (Am. 5264), and a stronger EU defence industrial and technological base (Am. 5265) all passed on broad grand-coalition majorities anchored by EPP, S&D and Renew. The near-consensual vote on the main text body (Am. 5271, 484 – 34 ) confirmed that condemning Russian drone incursions commanded the widest possible agreement across groups. The chamber drew a clear line against amendments proposing ceasefire negotiations, EU special peace envoys, an international disarmament conference and language on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (Am. 4–7, votes 5266–5269), all of which were rejected by wide margins, with EPP, S&D and Renew voting against in each case. An amendment inserting a recital on Latvia's five-hour response delay and the resulting government collapse (vote 5278) was also rejected, opposed by EPP and S&D while supported mainly by ECR and The Left. A separate recital noting the growth in EU defence spending without a corresponding EU diplomatic strategy (Am. 1, vote 5282) similarly fell, rejected by the mainstream across the spectrum. Within the PfE group, a substantial share of members — including delegations from Italy (Lega), the Netherlands (PVV), Austria (FPÖ), Spain (Vox), Hungary (Fidesz) and others — voted against the group's majority line overall, reflecting internal divergence on the resolution's firmness toward Russia. Within ECR, major delegations including Fratelli d'Italia and Prawo i Sprawiedliwość likewise broke from their group's overall position, voting in favour of the final resolution where their group as a whole was more divided.
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