← Votes·2023-09-14

Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights

Gender Equality86%★

Confidence: 86%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "gender equality"
title/description contains "women's rights"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 157975Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights”. EPP, S&D and Left voted mostly in favour, while Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. NI and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (234 for, 175 against, 122 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

234

Against

175

Abstain

122

Margin of victory

59 votes

Turnout (cast)

531

Absent

174

Participation rate

75.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 110Against 3Abstain 22Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 82Against 7Abstain 10Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 17Against 47Abstain 19Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 7Against 46Abstain 10Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 24Absent 16

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 29Abstain 15Absent 19

The Left37 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 6Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 14Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain37
Germany36
Portugal17
Sweden16
Romania13

Most against

France25
Netherlands19
Poland18
Czech Republic14
Denmark10

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 10Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 6Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 22Against 25Abstain 13Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 32Abstain 12Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 5Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 33Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 5Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 12Against 18Abstain 2Absent 20

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 9Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 37Against 8Abstain 6Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

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