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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Vote ID 171324Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (264 for, 292 against, 5 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

264

Against

292

Abstain

Margin of victory

28 votes

Turnout (cast)

561

Absent

159

Participation rate

77.9%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 28 votes. 159 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (159) was larger than the 28-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 53 absent MEPs (margin was 28)
S&Dhad 30 absent MEPs (margin was 28)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 7Against 125Abstain 0Absent 53

S&D135 MEPs

For 102Against 3Abstain 0Absent 30

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 4Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI30 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 5Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany42
Spain23
Belgium12
Portugal12
Ireland11

Most against

Poland40
France33
Italy29
Czech Republic16
Netherlands16

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 31Against 33Abstain 0Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 39Abstain 2Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 29Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 40Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 23Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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