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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

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Confidence: 65%

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title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 166766Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and PfE voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (266 for, 250 against, 19 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

266

Against

250

Abstain

Margin of victory

16 votes

Turnout (cast)

535

Absent

170

Participation rate

75.9%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 16 votes. 170 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (170) was larger than the 16-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 46 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
S&Dhad 33 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
Renewhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
PfEhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
NIhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 16)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (27 absent)Germany (19 absent)Hungary (18 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 123Abstain 1Absent 46

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 3Abstain 0Absent 33

Renew100 MEPs

For 29Against 44Abstain 4Absent 23

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 48Abstain 3Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 17Against 21Abstain 8Absent 18

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 1Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France56
Germany43
Spain30
Portugal14
Ireland13

Most against

Poland39
Italy28
Romania19
Czech Republic14
Netherlands14

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 9Abstain 2Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 29Abstain 5Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 28Abstain 0Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 39Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 30Against 20Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 7

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