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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 127978Source: 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 “Challenges ahead for women’s rights: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”. 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 (505 for, 109 against, 76 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

505

Against

109

Abstain

Margin of victory

396 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 9Abstain 24Absent 9

S&D136 MEPs

For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 11Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 9Against 34Abstain 24Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 52Abstain 6Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 11Abstain 4Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France54
Spain43
Italy39
Romania30

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 23Abstain 2Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 7Abstain 28Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 6Abstain 10Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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