Following an emotional deal with from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor to just accept the nation's software to affix the European Union because the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies.

Nonetheless, whereas 637 members voted "sure" to granting Ukraine standing as an EU member on Tuesday, there have been 13 members of parliament who voted towards supporting Ukraine and 26 who abstained their vote.

The listing of votes towards the appliance included each far-right and far-left populists, with three votes from these on the suitable, 9 votes from the left and one member who's in favor of minority pursuits.

Among the many 13 votes had been three members from Greece, two every from Germany, Portugal, and Eire, and one from Italy, Spain, Latvia, and the Netherlands. Nonetheless, members of parliament are grouped by political affinity and never nationality.

Right here is the entire listing of the votes towards Ukraine's software:

  • Marcel de Graaff of the Netherlands (Identification and Democracy Group, proper/far-right)
  • Francesca Donato of Italy (Impartial, proper/far-right)
  • Ioannis Lagos of Greece (Impartial, far-right)
  • Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos of Greece (Communist Get together of Greece, far-left)
  • Kostas Papadakis of Greece (Communist Get together of Greece, far-left)
  • Clare Daly of Eire (Independents for change, left/far-left)
  • Mick Wallace of Eire (Independents for change, left/far-left)
  • Özlem Demirel of Germany (DIE LINKE., left/far-left)
  • Martin Schirdewan of Germany (DIE LINKE., left/far-left)
  • Sandra Pereira of Portugal (Partido Comunista Português, left/far-left)
  • Pimenta Lopes of Portugal (Partido Comunista Português, left/far-left)
  • Urbán Crespo of Spain (ANTICAPITALISTAS, left/far-left)
  • Tatjana Ždanoka (Latvijas Krievu savienība, minority pursuits)

The Tuesday vote got here after Zelensky obtained an extended standing ovation from the European Parliament only a day after he formally requested the EU to "urgently admit Ukraine."

"We're preventing only for our land and for our freedom," the Ukrainian president mentioned.

"We're preventing for our freedom, for our rights and for our survival however we're additionally preventing additionally to be equal members of Europe," he pleaded. "The European Union goes to be a lot stronger with us, that is for certain."

Ukraine European Union Parliament Against Russia
On Tuesday, 13 members of European Parliament voted towards Ukraine's software to affix the European Union. President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech throughout a rare session of the European Parliament on Ukraine on March 1 in Brussels, Belgium.Thierry Monasse/Getty

Those that voted towards Ukraine's software confronted mass criticisms over social media after their selections.

In a joint assertion following the vote, Daly and Wallace—who're each from Eire— mentioned that whereas they condemned Russia's assault, "There is no such thing as a navy resolution. No to Russia's struggle in Ukraine; no to navy escalation on the European continent."

There have been additionally 26 members of Parliament who abstained their vote, these included:

  • Emmanouil Fragkos of Greece (Elliniki Lusi-Greek Answer, proper/far-right)
  • Gerolf Annemans of Belgium (Vlaams Belang, proper/far-right)
  • Filip De Man of Belgium (Vlaams Belang, proper/far-right)
  • Tom Vandendriessche of Belgium (Vlaams Belan, proper/far-right)
  • Roman Haider of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, proper/far-right)
  • Georg Mayer of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, proper/far-right)
  • Harald Vilimsky of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, proper/far-right)
  • Maxette Pirbakas of France (Rassemblement nationwide, far-right)
  • Thierry Mariani of France (Rassemblement nationwide, proper/far-right)
  • Nicolas Bay of France (Reconquête!, far-right)
  • Gilbert Collard of France (Reconquête!, far-right)
  • Jérôme Rivière of France (Reconquête!, far-right)
  • Milan Uhrík of Slovakia (Hnutie Republika, far-right)
  • Athanasios Konstantinou of Greece (Impartial, far-right)
  • Martin Buschmann of Germany (Impartial, left/far-left)
  • Martin Sonneborn of Germany (Die PARTEI. left)
  • Helmut Scholz of Germany (DIE LINKE.,left/far-left)
  • Martina Michels of Germany (DIE LINKE., left/far-left)
  • Cornelia Ernst of Germany (DIE LINKE., left/far-left)
  • Pernando Barrena Arza of Spain (EH BILDU, left/far-left)
  • Manu Pineda of Spain (Izquierda Unida, left/far-left)
  • Sira Rego of Spain (Izquierda Unida, left/far-left)
  • Malin Björk of Sweden (Vänsterpartiet, left/far-left)
  • Marc Botenga of Belgium (Parti du Travail de Belgique, left/far-left)
  • Giorgos Georgiou of Cyprus (Progressive Get together of Working Folks - Left - New Forces, left/far-left)
  • Kateřina Konečná of Czechia (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, left/far-left)