← 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 179015Source: 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 (196 for, 358 against, 39 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

196

Against

358

Abstain

Margin of victory

162 votes

Turnout (cast)

593

Absent

127

Participation rate

82.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 7Against 137Abstain 12Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 97Against 1Abstain 9Absent 28

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 6Against 56Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 8Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 5Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland9
Finland8
Denmark6
Croatia5
Malta4

Most against

France49
Germany49
Italy36
Spain29
Poland28

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 4Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 17Against 49Abstain 0Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 49Abstain 2Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 36Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 28Abstain 15Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 4Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 4Absent 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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