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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 181221Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (437 for, 166 against, 6 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

437

Against

166

Abstain

Margin of victory

271 votes

Turnout (cast)

609

Absent

110

Participation rate

84.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 146Against 7Abstain 1Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE83 MEPs

For 9Against 65Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 67Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 1Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
France40
Spain40
Italy36
Poland25

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 34Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 15Abstain 0Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 26Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 40Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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