← Votes·2025-09-11

Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution

Vote ID 178989Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (171 for, 378 against, 34 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

171

Against

378

Abstain

Margin of victory

207 votes

Turnout (cast)

583

Absent

137

Participation rate

81.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 14Against 138Abstain 5Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 78Against 20Abstain 2Absent 35

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 52Abstain 8Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 23Against 7Abstain 12Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 16Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Finland8
Slovakia7
Croatia5
Malta5

Most against

Germany57
France49
Italy34
Spain30
Poland29

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 2Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 14Against 49Abstain 0Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 10Against 57Abstain 13Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 22Against 34Abstain 2Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 9Against 29Abstain 8Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 2Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 30Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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