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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 181285Source: 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
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (289 for, 304 against, 11 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

289

Against

304

Abstain

Margin of victory

15 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

115

Participation rate

84.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 15 votes. 115 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (115) was larger than the 15-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 27 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
S&Dhad 25 absent MEPs (margin was 15)
Renewhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 15)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (17 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 28Against 127Abstain 3Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 71Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 9

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 6Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany40
France34
Netherlands19
Belgium15
Sweden11

Most against

Italy35
Poland32
Spain28
Romania14
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 1Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 34Abstain 3Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 39Abstain 0Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 35Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 14Against 32Abstain 1Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 28Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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