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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 181297Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (362 for, 163 against, 62 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

362

Against

163

Abstain

Margin of victory

199 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 94Against 43Abstain 13Absent 35

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 60Abstain 7Absent 10

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 38Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 3Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany56
France35
Italy29
Spain26
Netherlands20

Most against

Poland28
Hungary9
Slovenia5

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Italy
Malta
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 9Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 4Abstain 27Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 15Abstain 1Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 27Abstain 4Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 19Against 28Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 2Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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