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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 181234Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (301 for, 298 against, 12 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

301

Against

298

Abstain

Margin of victory

3 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

108

Participation rate

85.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 3 votes. 108 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (108) was larger than the 3-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 24 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
S&Dhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
PfEhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
Renewhad 12 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
ECRhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
Greens-EFAhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
Lefthad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
NIhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 3)
ESNhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 3)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (15 absent)Italy (15 absent)Romania (13 absent)France (8 absent)Hungary (8 absent)Spain (8 absent)Bulgaria (5 absent)Poland (5 absent)Netherlands (4 absent)

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 27Against 128Abstain 6Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE83 MEPs

For 6Against 65Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 6Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

France37
Netherlands19
Belgium14
Sweden12
Denmark11

Most against

Germany39
Italy34
Poland32
Spain27
Romania14

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 36Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 39Abstain 4Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 34Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 15Against 32Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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