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Challenges ahead for women’s rights: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

Gender Equality65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "women's rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 127775Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Challenges ahead for women’s rights: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”. 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 comfortable margin (374 for, 268 against, 46 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.

Result analysis

For

374

Against

268

Abstain

Margin of victory

106 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 66Against 84Abstain 22Absent 7

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 61Against 28Abstain 11Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 3Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 60Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 18Abstain 7Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France54
Spain41
Romania24
Portugal20
Greece17

Most against

Germany48
Italy34
Poland28
Czech Republic17
Netherlands15

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Denmark
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 7Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 34Abstain 14Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 17Against 28Abstain 5Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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