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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 181291Source: 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+7 / 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 comfortable margin (272 for, 320 against, 19 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

272

Against

320

Abstain

Margin of victory

48 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 18Against 141Abstain 2Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 1Abstain 0Absent 24

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 75Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 57Against 5Abstain 1Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 9Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Sweden12
Belgium11
Austria9
Denmark9
Finland9

Most against

Germany40
France37
Italy35
Poland34
Spain28

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 9Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 40Abstain 4Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 35Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 14Against 34Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 28Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

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