← Votes·2021-01-21

The EU Strategy for Gender Equality

Gender Equality65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "gender equality"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 127173Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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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+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 “The EU Strategy for Gender Equality”. 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 (464 for, 119 against, 93 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

464

Against

119

Abstain

Margin of victory

345 votes

Turnout (cast)

676

Absent

Participation rate

96.2%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 122Against 8Abstain 37Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 0Abstain 11Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 34Abstain 29Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 54Abstain 3Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 17Abstain 7Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France53
Spain51
Italy35
Romania29

Most against

Poland27
Hungary12
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Hungary
Netherlands
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 21Abstain 1Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 2Abstain 13Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 2Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 7Abstain 30Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 10Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 27Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Sweden20 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

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