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

Vote ID 182742Source: 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+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 “European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’”. EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (289 for, 306 against, 51 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

289

Against

306

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

646

Absent

Participation rate

89.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 73 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (73) was larger than the 17-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 17)

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 109Against 20Abstain 37Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 119Abstain 1Absent 14

PfE84 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 4Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany42
France39
Italy39
Spain29
Poland26

Most against

Netherlands17
Romania15
Sweden13
Belgium12
Finland12

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Lithuania
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 36Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 42Abstain 4Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 33Abstain 1Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 17Abstain 4Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 7Abstain 15Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 3Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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