← 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 178995Source: 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 (118 for, 393 against, 73 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

118

Against

393

Abstain

Margin of victory

275 votes

Turnout (cast)

584

Absent

136

Participation rate

81.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 153Abstain 3Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 31Against 11Abstain 57Absent 36

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 55Abstain 3Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 26Against 13Abstain 4Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 2Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland7
Slovakia7
Finland6
Malta2

Most against

Germany58
France49
Poland40
Italy34
Spain29

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Malta
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 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 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 49Abstain 5Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 10Against 58Abstain 15Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 34Abstain 7Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 4Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 7Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 7Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 29Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 4Absent 0

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