← 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 179002Source: 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 (210 for, 356 against, 22 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

210

Against

356

Abstain

Margin of victory

146 votes

Turnout (cast)

588

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 17Against 135Abstain 6Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 91Against 9Abstain 6Absent 29

PfE82 MEPs

For 1Against 72Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 8Against 54Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 3Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Finland8
Greece7
Slovakia7
Croatia5

Most against

France49
Germany47
Italy36
Spain29
Poland24

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 15Against 49Abstain 1Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 47Abstain 3Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 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 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 17Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 14Against 24Abstain 7Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 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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