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Gender Equality Strategy 2025

Gender Equality65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "gender equality"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 181213Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Gender Equality Strategy 2025”. PfE and ECR voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (159 for, 424 against, 31 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.

Result analysis

For

159

Against

424

Abstain

Margin of victory

265 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

105

Participation rate

85.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 6Against 151Abstain 3Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 116Abstain 0Absent 19

PfE83 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 5Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 15Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland24
Czech Republic11
Hungary10

Most against

Germany64
Spain45
France41
Italy35
Netherlands18

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 41Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 3Against 64Abstain 11Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 35Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 6Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 23Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 45Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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