← 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 179008Source: 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+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 (175 for, 387 against, 30 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

175

Against

387

Abstain

Margin of victory

212 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

128

Participation rate

82.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 153Abstain 1Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 91Against 3Abstain 11Absent 30

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 59Abstain 3Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 31Against 10Abstain 2Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 6Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 5Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Finland7
Ireland6
Croatia5
Malta3

Most against

Germany54
France49
Poland42
Italy35
Spain30

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Italy
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 49Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 24Against 54Abstain 5Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 35Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 42Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 30Abstain 2Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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