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

Vote ID 182730Source: 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+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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’”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (315 for, 297 against, 24 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

315

Against

297

Abstain

Margin of victory

18 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 18 votes. 83 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (83) was larger than the 18-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 18)

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 13Against 138Abstain 15Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 1Abstain 2Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 75Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE84 MEPs

For 28Against 46Abstain 2Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France64
Sweden17
Netherlands16
Belgium14
Denmark10

Most against

Germany43
Italy39
Poland37
Spain28
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 64Against 8Abstain 2Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 43Abstain 2Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 39Abstain 2Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 37Abstain 4Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 5Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 13Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 28Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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