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Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth

Vote ID 181343Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (605 for, 30 against, 5 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

605

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

575 votes

Turnout (cast)

640

Absent

Participation rate

89.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 168Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

PfE83 MEPs

For 71Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France71
Germany71
Italy65
Spain53
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 71Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 12Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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