← Votes·2023-05-10

Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

Vote ID 155090Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some 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+12 / 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 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (472 for, 62 against, 73 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

472

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

410 votes

Turnout (cast)

607

Absent

Participation rate

86.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 1Abstain 10Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 31Abstain 20Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 38Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 11Abstain 3Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France52
Spain48
Italy34
Romania29

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 3Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 3Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 18Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 2Abstain 24Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 18Abstain 6Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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