← Votes·2020-10-23

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 124013Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

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

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (477 for, 112 against, 94 abstentions).

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

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

477

Against

112

Abstain

Margin of victory

365 votes

Turnout (cast)

683

Absent

Participation rate

97.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 130Against 4Abstain 40Absent 5

S&D135 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 89Against 5Abstain 6Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 2Against 34Abstain 29Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 52Abstain 4Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 10Abstain 9Absent 4

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France52
Spain52
Italy40
Romania29

Most against

Poland26
Czech Republic9

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 22Abstain 4Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 12Abstain 6Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 12Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 40Against 7Abstain 27Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 26Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…