← Votes·2022-05-03

Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment

Social Affairs64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "employment"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 142010Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 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 “Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (542 for, 43 against, 52 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

542

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

499 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 2Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew101 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 5Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE67 MEPs

For 38Against 14Abstain 10Absent 5

ECR63 MEPs

For 12Against 12Abstain 29Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 23Against 13Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France66
Italy64
Spain49
Romania26

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 6Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 9Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 20Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs