← 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 179004Source: 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+7 / 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 (199 for, 359 against, 32 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

199

Against

359

Abstain

Margin of victory

160 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 7Against 145Abstain 7Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 97Against 2Abstain 6Absent 30

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 53Abstain 5Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 5Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 5Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Sweden10
Ireland9
Finland7
Portugal7
Denmark6

Most against

France48
Germany45
Poland40
Italy36
Spain30

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 48Abstain 1Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 33Against 45Abstain 5Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 36Abstain 1Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 17Abstain 0Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 4Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 5Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 30Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

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