← 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 179047Source: 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”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (179 for, 394 against, 20 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

179

Against

394

Abstain

Margin of victory

215 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 1Against 154Abstain 2Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 92Against 5Abstain 8Absent 30

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 62Abstain 1Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 33Against 9Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 17Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Finland7
Denmark6
Croatia5
Cyprus3
Malta3

Most against

Germany56
France49
Poland39
Italy36
Spain30

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 49Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 19Against 56Abstain 8Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 36Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 39Abstain 4Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 30Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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