← 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 179039Source: 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
✓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+0 / 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 (82 for, 471 against, 36 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

471

Abstain

Margin of victory

389 votes

Turnout (cast)

589

Absent

131

Participation rate

81.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 151Abstain 3Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 86Abstain 9Absent 32

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 1Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 13Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 4Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 5Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland4

Most against

Germany61
France57
Italy48
Poland42
Spain42

Divided delegations

Finland
Ireland
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 16Abstain 2Absent 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 3Against 61Abstain 15Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 10Against 48Abstain 1Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 20Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 1Against 42Abstain 4Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 42Abstain 4Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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