{"id":64784,"date":"2026-05-01T20:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64784"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:51:35","slug":"the-position-of-spanish-meps-in-a-vote-on-ukraine-in-the-eupean-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/05\/01\/the-position-of-spanish-meps-in-a-vote-on-ukraine-in-the-eupean-union\/","title":{"rendered":"The position of Spanish MEPs in a vote on Ukraine in the Eupean Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday, once again, the European Parliament voted against Russian attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/15\/russia-threatens-12-countries-including-spain-identifying-21-military-targets\/\">Russia threatens 12 countries, including Spain, identifying 21 military targets<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/30\/reactions-in-spain-to-the-russian-attack-on-a-catholic-monastery-in-ukraine\/\">Reactions in Spain to the Russian attack on a Catholic monastery in Ukraine<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/TA-10-2026-0161_EN.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">text approved yesterday<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20260423IPR41843\/parliament-demands-justice-and-accountability-for-civilian-victims-in-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">446 votes in favor, 63 against and 52 abstentions<\/a>. In addition to reiterating its condemnation of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and demanding a halt to Russian attacks against civilians, the adopted text supports <em>\"<strong>the establishment and rapid bringing into operation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine<\/strong> and encourages all EU Member States to join it.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The text also denounces that <em>\"<strong>the Russian state and its predecessor, the Soviet Union, have never been held to account for their crimes, including the Katyn Massacre<\/strong> \u2013 the historical truth of which Moscow is once again seeking to distort in direct contradiction to established evidence and its own prior admissions \u2013 <strong>and the mass deportation of entire nations to Siberia<\/strong>, thereby entrenching a culture of impunity that was continued with the war crimes committed during the First and Second Chechen Wars, through <strong>the Russian aggression against Georgia in 2008, through its military intervention in Syria, and, since 2014<\/strong>, in Ukraine, and that continues to enable further atrocities.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/PV-10-2026-04-30-RCV_EN.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The voting results can be viewed here (PDF, page 122).<\/a> The website <a href=\"https:\/\/howtheyvote.eu\/votes\/192341\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">howtheyvote.eu<\/a> has analyzed the results to make them more easily understandable. <strong>This has been the position of the Spanish MEPs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Popular Party (PP):<\/strong> in favor. Carmen Crespo, Rosa Estar\u00e1s, Alma Ezcurra, Esther Herranz and Juan Ignacio Zoido did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE):<\/strong> in favor. Laura Ballar\u00edn, Hana Jalloul and Cristina Maestre did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vox:<\/strong> Mireia Borr\u00e1s, Jorge Buxad\u00e9, and Jorge Mart\u00edn Fr\u00edas abstained. Margarita de la Pisa voted in favor. Hermann Tertsch and Juan Carlos Girauta did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Podemos:<\/strong> Against. Irene Montero and Isa Serra cast the only two Spanish votes against this resolution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sumar:<\/strong> Vicent Marz\u00e1 voted in favor, Estrella Gal\u00e1n abstained, and Jaume Asens did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Se Acab\u00f3 la Fiesta (SALF):<\/strong> Its only MEP, Alvise P\u00e9rez, did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nora Junco y Diego Solier (ECR, former SALF):<\/strong> in favor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basque Nationalist Party (PNV):<\/strong> in favor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC):<\/strong> in favor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>EH Bildu:<\/strong> abstention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG):<\/strong> Ana Miranda did not vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Regarding the parliamentary groups<\/strong>, these have been their positions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>European People's Party (EPP):<\/strong> 130 in favor, 55 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D):<\/strong> 106 in favor, 29 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patriots for Europe (PfE):<\/strong> 32 in favor, 7 against, 29 abstentions, 17 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR):<\/strong> 58 in favor, 2 against, 4 abstentions, 17 did not vote. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Renew Europe:<\/strong> 64 in favor, 10 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greens \/ European Free Alliance:<\/strong> 43 in favor, 10 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Left \/ European United Left:<\/strong> 7 in favor, 13 against, 15 abstentions, 11 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN):<\/strong> 2 in favor, 20 against, 2 abstentions, 3 did not vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-attached MEPs:<\/strong> 2 in favor, 20 against, 2 abstentions, 3 did not vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It is striking to note that the results of these votes rarely reach the Spanish media.<\/strong> This prevents MEPs and their groups from having to explain their votes or absences to their constituents. It is high time this was shed light on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday, once again, the European Parliament voted against Russian attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10398],"tags":[22919,14518,15253,15307,15884,16153,16911,16942,19212,21257,22088,22223,14351,23371,23638,26910,26911,26912,26913,26914,26915,26916,26917,10454,227,382,428,641,693,3484,5338,7535,7841,10169,11462,192,10731,11182,11783,11928,12035,12684,12774,12948,13789,14235],"class_list":["post-64784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-diego-solier","tag-margarita-de-la-pisa","tag-renew-europe","tag-ukraine","tag-european-peoples-party-epp","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-european-united-left","tag-sumar","tag-jorge-martin-frias","tag-the-greens-of-europe","tag-se-acabo-la-fiesta-salf","tag-patriots-for-europe-pfe","tag-jaume-asens","tag-nora-junco-garcia","tag-europe-of-sovereign-nations-esn","tag-vicent-marza","tag-estrella-galan","tag-carmen-crespo-diaz","tag-alma-ezcurra","tag-esther-herranz","tag-laura-ballarin","tag-hana-jalloul","tag-cristina-maestre","tag-european-union","tag-hermann-tertsch","tag-erc","tag-bng","tag-partido-popular","tag-psoe","tag-eh-bildu","tag-rosa-estaras","tag-vox","tag-podemos","tag-irene-montero","tag-spain","tag-juan-carlos-girauta","tag-russia","tag-juan-ignacio-zoido","tag-jorge-buxade","tag-ana-miranda-paz","tag-european-parliament","tag-party-of-european-socialists","tag-group-of-european-conservatives-and-reformists-ecr","tag-isa-serra","tag-alvise-perez","tag-mireia-borras"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 23:10:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}