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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 181318Source: 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 (355 for, 191 against, 44 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

355

Against

191

Abstain

Margin of victory

164 votes

Turnout (cast)

590

Absent

129

Participation rate

82.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 86Against 51Abstain 19Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 1Abstain 1Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 58Abstain 8Absent 11

PfE83 MEPs

For 7Against 56Abstain 8Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 1Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
France35
Italy30
Netherlands18
Sweden17

Most against

Poland26
Spain26
Hungary10
Slovenia5
Malta3

Divided delegations

Croatia
France
Italy
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 35Against 31Abstain 3Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 15Abstain 1Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 26Abstain 4Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 4Absent 6

Poland53 MEPs

For 19Against 26Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 5Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 4Absent 17

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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