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

Vote ID 182767Source: 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
✓Many 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+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’”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (358 for, 202 against, 79 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

358

Against

202

Abstain

Margin of victory

156 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 71Against 65Abstain 28Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 2Abstain 2Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 66Abstain 8Absent 6

PfE84 MEPs

For 2Against 39Abstain 35Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany43
France39
Italy39
Spain25
Netherlands18

Most against

Poland24
Hungary10
Slovenia5
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 4Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 9Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 7Abstain 30Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 39Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 31Abstain 4Absent 2

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 24Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 24Abstain 4Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs