← 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 179027Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, NI, ESN and Left voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (540 for, 6 against, 50 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

540

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

534 votes

Turnout (cast)

596

Absent

124

Participation rate

82.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 156Against 1Abstain 1Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 1Absent 22

PfE82 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 40Absent 13

NI29 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 6Absent 20

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
France64
Italy58
Spain50
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

France82 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 4Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 17Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 1Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 5Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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