← Votes·2022-02-17

The EU priorities for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Vote ID 140042Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

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

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Topic importance+0 / 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 “The EU priorities for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (526 for, 67 against, 91 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

526

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

459 votes

Turnout (cast)

684

Absent

Participation rate

97.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 3Abstain 6Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 3Against 23Abstain 39Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 22Abstain 36Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 15Abstain 6Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France55
Spain52
Italy41
Romania31

Most against

Hungary13

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 24Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 30Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 26Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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