← 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 179028Source: 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
✓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+7 / 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”. 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 (312 for, 270 against, 17 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

312

Against

270

Abstain

Margin of victory

42 votes

Turnout (cast)

599

Absent

121

Participation rate

83.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 144Against 9Abstain 6Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 6Against 106Abstain 0Absent 23

PfE82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 6Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 58Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 20Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France37
Poland37
Italy35
Spain29
Romania18

Most against

Germany42
Netherlands14
Sweden13
Belgium12
Slovakia12

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 33Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 42Abstain 1Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 24Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 37Against 5Abstain 5Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 27Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0

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