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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 181313Source: 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+15 / 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, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (289 for, 289 against, 7 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

289

Abstain

Margin of victory

0 votes

Turnout (cast)

585

Absent

134

Participation rate

81.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 0 votes. 134 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (134) was not larger than the 0-vote margin.

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 31Against 122Abstain 3Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 66Abstain 1Absent 12

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany39
France36
Netherlands16
Belgium15
Sweden12

Most against

Italy32
Poland29
Spain26
Romania14
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 32Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 38Abstain 1Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 32Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 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 16Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 17Against 29Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 26Abstain 1Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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