The resolution passed overwhelmingly, 575 for / 33 against / 43 abstentions, carried by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, The Left, ECR and most of PfE, with only the ESN largely opposed. As a non-legislative resolution it creates no legal obligations, but it sets out Parliament's formal political position on the consequences of the 1974 invasion and occupation for Cypriot women and girls and sends a message to Türkiye and the EU institutions. Beneath the near-unanimous final text, the amendment votes divided opinion along a left-right line. Several amendments directly addressing Türkiye carried on the strength of the EPP, ECR and PfE: calls for Türkiye to compensate victims of conflict-related sexual violence (adopted by 66 votes) and to grant full access to official records on the 1974 events (adopted by 192 votes) passed against the opposition or abstention of S&D, Greens/EFA and The Left. A separate set of amendments moved the other way. Language framing the events as affecting women of all Cypriot communities, condemning impunity for rape, and adding reproductive-health services for survivors of rape was carried by the centre-left and Renew together with a substantial share of the EPP and PfE. The hardest-line additions were rejected: a paragraph putting the occupied share of territory at over 36 % and stronger EU action against the occupation both fell heavily, opposed by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and The Left. The centre-left also blocked attempts to widen the resolution's frame: an amendment invoking Gaza, Sudan and the DRC was rejected by 49 votes and a broader reformulation of the paragraph on societal actors fell by 56 votes.
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