← 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 178999Source: 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+10 / 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 (207 for, 341 against, 46 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

207

Against

341

Abstain

Margin of victory

134 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

126

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 8Against 148Abstain 2Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 100Against 4Abstain 3Absent 28

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 28Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 8Against 53Abstain 2Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 5Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 5Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Finland8
Croatia5
Malta5
Slovakia5

Most against

Germany49
Poland40
Italy35
Spain29
Romania19

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 17Against 20Abstain 27Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 49Abstain 1Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 35Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 4Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 29Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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