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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’

Vote ID 182713Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’”. ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (241 for, 356 against, 48 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

241

Against

356

Abstain

Margin of victory

115 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

89.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 57Against 72Abstain 36Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 117Abstain 2Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 2Against 65Abstain 2Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy38
Poland26
Czech Republic14
Hungary11
Austria8

Most against

Germany57
France37
Spain27
Netherlands21
Greece18

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
France
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 36Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 27Against 57Abstain 3Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 34Abstain 2Absent 2

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 21Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 18Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 4Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 12Abstain 3Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 12Against 27Abstain 14Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

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