Parliament adopted its resolution on the situation in El-Obeid, Sudan, by 476 votes to 28 , with 96 abstentions. The EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and The Left backed the final text, while the PfE was divided and largely opposed it, and much of the ECR and ESN abstained. As a non-binding resolution, the text carries no legal force on its own, but it is the Parliament's formal political position on the war crimes threats, violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses in El-Obeid, and is intended to press the EU institutions and warring parties toward accountability and civilian protection. Most amendments split opinion along a left-right line. A cluster of additional paragraphs and recitals put forward mainly by the ECR, PfE and ESN — covering the passages after paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 and after recital D — were rejected by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and The Left. Three votes on the wording of paragraph 5 and one on paragraph 7 were far closer: two rival paragraph-5 formulations carried by 11 and 13 votes respectively, on a division in which the EPP and PfE voted one way and the S&D the other, while a proposed change to paragraph 7 was rejected by just 4 votes, 281 for to 285 against.
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