← Votes·2025-05-05

Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Gaza

Vote ID 175670Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Gaza”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (184 for, 241 against, 18 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

184

Against

241

Abstain

Margin of victory

57 votes

Turnout (cast)

443

Absent

277

Participation rate

61.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 111Abstain 2Absent 66

S&D135 MEPs

For 79Against 1Abstain 1Absent 54

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 55Abstain 3Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 14Against 33Abstain 3Absent 29

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 0Absent 47

The Left45 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 8Absent 16

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany30
Italy20
Spain15
Greece9
Sweden9

Most against

France39
Poland34
Netherlands16
Hungary12
Czech Republic10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 3Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 9

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

France82 MEPs

For 24Against 39Abstain 1Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 30Against 27Abstain 7Absent 32

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Italy76 MEPs

For 20Against 13Abstain 0Absent 43

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 34Abstain 1Absent 15

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 21

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 0Absent 35

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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