← 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 179017Source: 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
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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, ECR, PfE and Renew voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (200 for, 296 against, 82 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

296

Abstain

Margin of victory

96 votes

Turnout (cast)

578

Absent

142

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 11Against 127Abstain 19Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 3Absent 31

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 23Absent 16

PfE82 MEPs

For 3Against 61Abstain 1Absent 17

Renew79 MEPs

For 7Against 55Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 9Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 16Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 9Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain26
Italy24
Belgium12
Ireland9
Portugal6

Most against

France47
Germany37
Poland26
Netherlands17
Romania15

Divided delegations

Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

France82 MEPs

For 17Against 47Abstain 0Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 24Against 37Abstain 23Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 16Abstain 20Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 7Against 26Abstain 13Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 5Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 2Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 26Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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