← 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 178990Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. S&D mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (120 for, 372 against, 96 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

120

Against

372

Abstain

Margin of victory

252 votes

Turnout (cast)

588

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 13Against 138Abstain 7Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 23Against 9Abstain 71Absent 32

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 56Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 11Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Slovakia7
Finland5
Malta5

Most against

Germany51
France49
Italy35
Spain29
Poland28

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Italy
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 49Abstain 6Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 15Against 51Abstain 13Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 35Abstain 3Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 5Against 17Abstain 4Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 6Against 28Abstain 12Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 7Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 29Abstain 19Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 5Absent 0

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