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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%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "vat"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 166769Source: 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
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (264 for, 241 against, 29 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

264

Against

241

Abstain

Margin of victory

23 votes

Turnout (cast)

534

Absent

171

Participation rate

75.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 23 votes. 171 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (171) was larger than the 23-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 46 absent MEPs (margin was 23)
S&Dhad 34 absent MEPs (margin was 23)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (24 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 23Against 109Abstain 1Absent 46

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 5Abstain 0Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 29Against 46Abstain 3Absent 22

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 3Against 20Abstain 22Absent 19

NI46 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 2Absent 18

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France42
Germany40
Spain31
Ireland13
Portugal13

Most against

Italy30
Poland28
Romania19
Netherlands15
Czech Republic14

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 17Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 32Abstain 2Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 20Against 30Abstain 2Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 28Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 20Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Individual MEP positions

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