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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 181223Source: 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
✓Very close result
✓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+12 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (298 for, 282 against, 34 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

298

Against

282

Abstain

Margin of victory

16 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

105

Participation rate

85.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 16 votes. 105 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (105) was larger than the 16-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 24 absent MEPs (margin was 16)
S&Dhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 16)

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 31Against 102Abstain 28Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 4Abstain 3Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 3Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany42
Spain23
Netherlands16
Sweden16
Belgium12

Most against

France37
Italy35
Poland29
Czech Republic15
Romania13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 36Abstain 2Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 35Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 16Against 29Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 11Abstain 18Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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