← Votes·2024-04-10

Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC ***

Social Affairs64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "employment"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Social Affairs →

Vote ID 167030Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (495 for, 106 against, 18 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

495

Against

106

Abstain

Margin of victory

389 votes

Turnout (cast)

619

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 1Abstain 8Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 49Abstain 4Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 43Abstain 1Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 8Abstain 5Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany82
France52
Spain52
Italy39
Poland24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

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 17Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 82Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 22Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 23Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…