← Votes·2026-04-30

Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions

Agriculture66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rural"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 190658Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions”. 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 (404 for, 102 against, 67 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

404

Against

102

Abstain

Margin of victory

302 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

146

Participation rate

79.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 119Against 2Abstain 7Absent 57

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 38Abstain 32Absent 10

PfE85 MEPs

For 27Against 32Abstain 12Absent 14

Renew78 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 6Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 8Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France67
Germany58
Spain36
Italy33
Netherlands17

Most against

Poland25
Greece6

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Greece
Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 9Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 3Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 14Abstain 9Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 28Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 7Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 2Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 2Absent 18

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

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