← 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 179005Source: 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
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 (169 for, 390 against, 31 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

169

Against

390

Abstain

Margin of victory

221 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 4Against 150Abstain 5Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 83Against 12Abstain 8Absent 32

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 56Abstain 3Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 30Against 7Abstain 6Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 4Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Finland8
Greece8
Slovakia6
Croatia5
Malta5

Most against

Germany58
France48
Poland41
Italy36
Spain30

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 14Against 48Abstain 0Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 58Abstain 8Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 36Abstain 1Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 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 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 2Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 30Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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