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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 181231Source: 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
✓Close result
✓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+10 / 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 and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (299 for, 270 against, 38 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

299

Against

270

Abstain

Margin of victory

29 votes

Turnout (cast)

607

Absent

112

Participation rate

84.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 29 votes. 112 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (112) was larger than the 29-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 37Against 98Abstain 25Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 111Against 5Abstain 0Absent 19

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 64Abstain 3Absent 13

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 9Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany38
France36
Spain27
Netherlands19
Sweden16

Most against

Italy32
Poland29
Romania18
Czech Republic11
Hungary10

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 38Abstain 4Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 32Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 15Against 29Abstain 3Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 9Abstain 17Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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