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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 181272Source: 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+6 / 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 comfortable margin (292 for, 260 against, 47 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

292

Against

260

Abstain

Margin of victory

32 votes

Turnout (cast)

599

Absent

120

Participation rate

83.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 29Against 121Abstain 6Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 70Abstain 1Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 33Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

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 5Against 8Abstain 5Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany38
France35
Netherlands19
Sweden16
Belgium15

Most against

Italy35
Poland29
Spain28
Romania14
Greece11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 10Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 11Abstain 24Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 37Abstain 4Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 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 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 14Against 29Abstain 3Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 28Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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