← 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 178997Source: 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”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (90 for, 482 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

Against

482

Abstain

Margin of victory

392 votes

Turnout (cast)

590

Absent

130

Participation rate

81.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 153Abstain 1Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 12Against 88Abstain 3Absent 32

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 1Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 23Against 17Abstain 3Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 7Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland6
Slovakia5
Malta3

Most against

Germany70
France51
Italy49
Spain47
Poland44

Divided delegations

Finland
Ireland
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 51Abstain 0Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 9Against 70Abstain 5Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 10Against 49Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 19Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 1Against 44Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 47Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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