← Votes·2026-05-21

Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Vote ID 192536Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap”. EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. S&D and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (263 for, 83 against, 154 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

263

Against

Abstain

154

Margin of victory

180 votes

Turnout (cast)

500

Absent

210

Participation rate

70.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 99Against 3Abstain 12Absent 65

S&D135 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 78Absent 50

PfE85 MEPs

For 26Against 35Abstain 4Absent 20

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 43Absent 22

Renew77 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 11Absent 18

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 3Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

France51
Germany36
Spain16
Romania14
Ireland12

Most against

Netherlands11
Greece6
Hungary6

Divided delegations

Austria
Denmark
Greece
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 4Absent 6

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 5Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 14Absent 15

Germany95 MEPs

For 36Against 16Abstain 24Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 16Absent 42

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 5Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 20Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 8Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 5Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 16Against 7Abstain 15Absent 22

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

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