← 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 178998Source: 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 (184 for, 380 against, 25 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

184

Against

380

Abstain

Margin of victory

196 votes

Turnout (cast)

589

Absent

131

Participation rate

81.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 8Against 146Abstain 6Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 87Against 15Abstain 3Absent 30

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 7Against 53Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 34Against 5Abstain 3Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 5Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Finland7
Portugal7
Croatia5
Malta5

Most against

Germany57
France46
Poland39
Italy36
Spain29

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 46Abstain 1Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 20Against 57Abstain 4Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 36Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 39Abstain 4Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 5Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 29Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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