← Votes·2020-10-22

Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy

Gender Equality65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "gender equality"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Gender Equality →

Vote ID 119256Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (339 for, 326 against, 22 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

339

Against

326

Abstain

Margin of victory

13 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 13 votes. 16 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (16) was larger than the 13-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 151Abstain 16Absent 3

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 82Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 58Abstain 1Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 16Against 22Abstain 3Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany54
France48
Spain41
Romania18
Portugal15

Most against

Italy56
Poland42
Netherlands17
Czech Republic14
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 23Abstain 7Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 41Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 56Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 42Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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