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

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Vote ID 166777Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (372 for, 44 against, 120 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

372

Against

Abstain

120

Margin of victory

328 votes

Turnout (cast)

536

Absent

169

Participation rate

76.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 115Against 7Abstain 10Absent 47

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 4Absent 35

Renew100 MEPs

For 69Against 9Abstain 3Absent 19

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 36Absent 13

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 41Absent 17

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 9Absent 18

The Left38 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 7Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
France43
Spain40
Italy30
Netherlands21

Most against

Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Czech Republic

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 24Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 8Abstain 9Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 22Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 24Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 4Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 5Abstain 2Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 7

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