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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 181238Source: 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
✓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+0 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (359 for, 200 against, 51 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

359

Against

200

Abstain

Margin of victory

159 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

109

Participation rate

84.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 89Against 37Abstain 32Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 1Abstain 1Absent 24

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 66Abstain 3Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 2Absent 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 9Against 7Abstain 6Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
France37
Italy34
Spain23
Netherlands17

Most against

Poland25
Hungary10
Slovakia6
Slovenia5
Malta3

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 10Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 36Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 19Abstain 2Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 30Abstain 0Absent 12

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 7Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 25Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 5Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 16Abstain 12Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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