← 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 179036Source: 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+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”. PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (176 for, 403 against, 15 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

176

Against

403

Abstain

Margin of victory

227 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 20Against 130Abstain 7Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 111Abstain 1Absent 23

PfE82 MEPs

For 71Against 1Abstain 3Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 21Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France37
Italy32
Czech Republic11
Hungary9
Latvia4

Most against

Germany68
Spain47
Poland25
Netherlands18
Sweden17

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 32Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 68Abstain 2Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 28Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 25Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 47Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 1Absent 0

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