← Votes·2023-10-19

The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "israel"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 159604Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza”. PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (97 for, 390 against, 51 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

Against

390

Abstain

Margin of victory

293 votes

Turnout (cast)

538

Absent

164

Participation rate

76.6%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 19Against 108Abstain 3Absent 47

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 101Abstain 0Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 2Absent 22

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 60Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 36Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 9Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Hungary8
Sweden8

Most against

Germany64
France44
Spain42
Italy29
Romania22

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 17Against 44Abstain 2Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 10Against 64Abstain 2Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 29Abstain 8Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 5Against 19Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland49 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 20Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 5Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 42Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

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