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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 181237Source: 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
✓Significant 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+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”. 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 (292 for, 262 against, 56 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

292

Against

262

Abstain

Margin of victory

30 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

109

Participation rate

84.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 30 votes. 109 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (109) was larger than the 30-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 28Against 117Abstain 13Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 108Against 2Abstain 1Absent 24

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 71Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 36Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 3Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Spain27
Sweden17
Netherlands15
Belgium13

Most against

Germany40
Italy35
Poland31
Romania15
Hungary10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 10Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 9Abstain 28Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 40Abstain 2Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 35Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 14Against 31Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 5Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 26Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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