← 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 179016Source: 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 (200 for, 349 against, 45 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

200

Against

349

Abstain

Margin of victory

149 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

126

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 7Against 152Abstain 1Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 96Against 4Abstain 4Absent 31

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 10Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 20Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 8Against 54Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 3Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy24
Sweden10
Ireland9
Finland7
Croatia5

Most against

France49
Germany47
Poland41
Spain28
Czech Republic18

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 49Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 47Abstain 0Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 9Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 18Abstain 18Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 28Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

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