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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 181236Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (336 for, 218 against, 58 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

336

Against

218

Abstain

Margin of victory

118 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

107

Participation rate

85.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 69Against 59Abstain 29Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 1Abstain 1Absent 21

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 7Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 62Abstain 11Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 10Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany56
France37
Spain25
Netherlands17
Sweden17

Most against

Italy33
Poland26
Hungary10
Romania9
Malta3

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 10Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 34Abstain 2Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 20Abstain 6Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 8Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 33Abstain 1Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 7Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 17Against 26Abstain 2Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 4Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 24Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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