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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 181278Source: 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
✓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+12 / 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 rejected by a narrow margin (279 for, 289 against, 42 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

279

Against

289

Abstain

Margin of victory

10 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 10 votes. 109 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (109) was larger than the 10-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 24 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
S&Dhad 23 absent MEPs (margin was 10)
Renewhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 10)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (15 absent)Germany (14 absent)Romania (14 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 25Against 122Abstain 14Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 2Abstain 1Absent 23

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 11Absent 7

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 5Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany39
Sweden17
Netherlands15
Belgium13
Austria9

Most against

France36
Italy34
Poland32
Spain28
Romania15

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 5Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 12Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 36Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 39Abstain 4Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 34Abstain 1Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 8Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 15Against 32Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 28Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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