← Votes·2026-02-12

Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Vote ID 184379Source: 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+4 / 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 “Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (340 for, 141 against, 68 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

340

Against

141

Abstain

Margin of victory

199 votes

Turnout (cast)

549

Absent

170

Participation rate

76.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 93Against 15Abstain 22Absent 55

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 1Absent 29

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 28Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 58Abstain 5Absent 17

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 10Absent 8

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
Italy31
France29
Spain28
Poland24

Most against

Hungary10
Slovenia5

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Malta
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 9Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 29Against 5Abstain 23Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 15Abstain 5Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 24Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 20Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 15Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

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