← 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 178993Source: 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 (113 for, 378 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

113

Against

378

Abstain

Margin of victory

265 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

133

Participation rate

81.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 151Abstain 3Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 70Absent 38

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 55Abstain 4Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 10Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 18Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Slovakia7
Finland6
Malta3

Most against

France49
Germany49
Poland40
Italy36
Spain29

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Luxembourg
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 49Abstain 5Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 18Against 49Abstain 16Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 36Abstain 2Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 7Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 7Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 2Absent 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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