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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 181312Source: 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
✓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+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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (347 for, 170 against, 61 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

347

Against

170

Abstain

Margin of victory

177 votes

Turnout (cast)

578

Absent

141

Participation rate

80.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 85Against 34Abstain 23Absent 43

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 1Abstain 0Absent 24

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 62Abstain 6Absent 8

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 27Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
France32
Spain25
Netherlands20
Belgium16

Most against

Italy30
Poland25
Czech Republic12
Hungary9
Malta2

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Italy
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 6Abstain 26Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 17Abstain 3Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 30Abstain 4Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 19Against 25Abstain 3Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 2Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 19Abstain 6Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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