← 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 179006Source: 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”. S&D, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (174 for, 355 against, 58 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

174

Against

355

Abstain

Margin of victory

181 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

133

Participation rate

81.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 15Against 136Abstain 7Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 95Against 4Abstain 5Absent 31

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 1Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 54Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 30Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 7Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 5Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Greece8
Finland7
Croatia5
Malta5

Most against

France47
Germany47
Italy36
Spain30
Poland27

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 5Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 47Abstain 1Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 21Against 47Abstain 15Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 12

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 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 6Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 10Against 27Abstain 8Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 4Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 30Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 3Absent 0

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