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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 181280Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 NI voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (397 for, 170 against, 44 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

397

Against

170

Abstain

Margin of victory

227 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

108

Participation rate

85.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 135Against 21Abstain 4Absent 25

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 69Abstain 5Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 2Against 65Abstain 7Absent 9

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 3Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 17Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 8Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain41
Italy34
Poland25
Netherlands20

Most against

France36
Hungary9

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 8Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 36Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 17Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 29Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 21Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 10Abstain 2Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

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