← 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 179022Source: 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+10 / 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”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (105 for, 456 against, 34 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

105

Against

456

Abstain

Margin of victory

351 votes

Turnout (cast)

595

Absent

125

Participation rate

82.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 153Abstain 5Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 20Against 85Abstain 3Absent 27

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 66Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 58Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 15Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 16Abstain 3Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 6Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland5
Slovakia5
Malta3

Most against

Germany57
France55
Spain48
Poland40
Italy39

Divided delegations

Finland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 55Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 13Against 57Abstain 13Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 39Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 2Against 40Abstain 5Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 48Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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