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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 181339Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (310 for, 222 against, 68 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

310

Against

222

Abstain

Margin of victory

88 votes

Turnout (cast)

600

Absent

119

Participation rate

83.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 54Against 57Abstain 48Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 111Against 2Abstain 1Absent 21

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 3Absent 11

PfE83 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 14Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

France34
Italy31
Spain25
Netherlands16
Belgium15

Most against

Germany40
Poland24
Czech Republic12
Romania11
Hungary10

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
France
Germany
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 29Abstain 2Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 40Abstain 5Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 28Abstain 2Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 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 16Against 7Abstain 4Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 24Abstain 3Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 3Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 10Abstain 19Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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