← 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 179035Source: 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 (316 for, 257 against, 21 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

316

Against

257

Abstain

Margin of victory

59 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

126

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 142Against 8Abstain 7Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 103Abstain 2Absent 25

PfE82 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 3Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 7Against 53Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 2Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 5Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany44
Poland42
Italy35
France34
Spain29

Most against

Netherlands14
Belgium13
Sweden13
Ireland10
Portugal9

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 2Against 13Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

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 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 34Against 34Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 37Abstain 3Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 24Abstain 1Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 3Absent 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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