← 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 179009Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium 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+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 (226 for, 293 against, 66 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

226

Against

293

Abstain

Margin of victory

67 votes

Turnout (cast)

585

Absent

135

Participation rate

81.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 22Against 127Abstain 5Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 97Against 4Abstain 3Absent 31

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 28Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 20Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 7Against 51Abstain 2Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy23
Portugal12
Ireland9
Greece8
Finland7

Most against

Germany45
Spain29
Poland26
Romania18
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 18Abstain 28Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 45Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 16Abstain 19Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 12Against 26Abstain 6Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 2Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 29Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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