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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 181216Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some 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+10 / 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 “Gender Equality Strategy 2025”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (510 for, 41 against, 63 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

510

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

469 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 156Against 1Abstain 2Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 38Against 33Abstain 2Absent 9

PfE83 MEPs

For 30Against 4Abstain 38Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 16Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy64
Spain48
France45
Poland27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 27Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 11Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 18Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 48Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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