← 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 179023Source: 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
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 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”. EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (301 for, 249 against, 32 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

301

Against

249

Abstain

Margin of victory

52 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

138

Participation rate

80.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 152Against 3Abstain 1Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 6Against 102Abstain 2Absent 25

PfE82 MEPs

For 39Against 9Abstain 18Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 9Against 47Abstain 4Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 1Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland43
Germany42
France35
Italy29
Spain27

Most against

Netherlands19
Sweden14
Belgium13
Portugal9
Austria8

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 32Abstain 1Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 32Abstain 7Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 24Abstain 7Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 19Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 27Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

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