← 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 179037Source: 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+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, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (347 for, 207 against, 39 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

347

Against

207

Abstain

Margin of victory

140 votes

Turnout (cast)

593

Absent

127

Participation rate

82.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 100Against 46Abstain 10Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 1Abstain 4Absent 24

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 6Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 53Against 5Abstain 5Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 6Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
France35
Italy30
Spain30
Poland21

Most against

Czech Republic11
Hungary8
Latvia4

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 4Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 34Abstain 1Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 33Abstain 2Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 29Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 21Against 19Abstain 5Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 4Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 30Against 25Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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