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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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Vote ID 166771Source: 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
✓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+12 / 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 and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (250 for, 256 against, 37 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

250

Against

256

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

543

Absent

162

Participation rate

77.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 162 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (162) was larger than the 6-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 43 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
S&Dhad 34 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Renewhad 20 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
NIhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
PfEhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
ECRhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Greens-EFAhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Lefthad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 6)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (24 absent)Germany (19 absent)Hungary (18 absent)Romania (14 absent)Greece (10 absent)Spain (9 absent)France (8 absent)Austria (7 absent)Sweden (7 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 17Against 116Abstain 3Absent 43

S&D136 MEPs

For 96Against 6Abstain 0Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 31Against 47Abstain 2Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 24Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 6Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France43
Germany36
Spain28
Italy22
Portugal13

Most against

Poland29
Romania19
Netherlands15
Czech Republic14
Bulgaria9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 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 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 27Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 35Abstain 6Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 22Against 15Abstain 15Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 17Against 29Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 28Against 20Abstain 2Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 2Absent 7

Individual MEP positions

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