← 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 179000Source: 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, 375 against, 89 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

375

Abstain

Margin of victory

257 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

138

Participation rate

80.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 140Abstain 15Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 31Against 14Abstain 55Absent 35

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 53Abstain 3Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 31Against 7Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 8Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland7
Slovakia7
Finland6
Malta3

Most against

Germany57
France49
Italy35
Spain30
Poland28

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Malta
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 6Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 49Abstain 4Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 57Abstain 12Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 35Abstain 9Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 19Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 6Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 30Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 5Absent 1

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