← 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%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "israel"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 159664Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (500 for, 21 against, 24 abstentions).

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Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

500

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

479 votes

Turnout (cast)

545

Absent

157

Participation rate

77.6%

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

By political group

EPP177 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 3Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 1Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 3Absent 8

ECR64 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 8Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 4Abstain 4Absent 14

The Left37 MEPs

For 11Against 13Abstain 2Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France64
Italy53
Poland41
Spain40

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 64Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 4Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland49 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 5Abstain 1Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

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