← 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 179045Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (582 for, 5 against, 12 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

582

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

577 votes

Turnout (cast)

599

Absent

121

Participation rate

83.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 1Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 1Absent 23

PfE82 MEPs

For 71Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 5Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France69
Italy60
Spain53
Poland42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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