← 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 179053Source: 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”. PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (188 for, 397 against, 15 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

188

Against

397

Abstain

Margin of victory

209 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

120

Participation rate

83.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 22Against 132Abstain 5Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 111Abstain 1Absent 22

PfE82 MEPs

For 71Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 60Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 18Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 4Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Czech Republic11
Austria10
Hungary9
Latvia4

Most against

Germany67
Spain48
Italy31
Poland25
Sweden17

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 33Abstain 1Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 12Against 67Abstain 3Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 31Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 25Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 15Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 48Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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