← 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 179038Source: 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”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (87 for, 466 against, 40 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

Against

466

Abstain

Margin of victory

379 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 5Against 150Abstain 3Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 10Against 89Abstain 9Absent 27

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 59Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 17Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 19Abstain 2Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 7Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland7
Slovakia5
Malta3

Most against

Germany59
France57
Italy48
Poland43
Spain43

Divided delegations

Finland
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 57Abstain 0Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 4Against 59Abstain 17Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 11Against 48Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 4Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 2Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 43Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

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