← 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 179048Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (305 for, 151 against, 122 abstentions).

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Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

305

Against

151

Abstain

122

Margin of victory

154 votes

Turnout (cast)

578

Absent

142

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 82Against 53Abstain 6Absent 44

S&D135 MEPs

For 104Against 2Abstain 4Absent 25

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 34Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 43Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 8Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 38Against 1Abstain 4Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 13Against 9Abstain 5Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 7Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 11Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany38
Spain37
France32
Italy25
Netherlands18

Most against

Czech Republic11
Romania11
Austria10
Hungary9
Bulgaria6

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 32Against 8Abstain 30Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 34Abstain 10Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 2Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 14Abstain 20Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 22Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 5Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 37Against 8Abstain 6Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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