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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Adopted by a clear majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 322
- Against
- 163
- Abstained
- 46
roll-call vote at 12:24 · 61% of votes cast in favour
Committee report · Report A-10-2024-0030
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a recommendation to the Council setting out EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which reviews the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.§1: source passage in the text The text urges the Council to reaffirm commitment to the Beijing Declaration, integrate gender equality into EU external action, and address the global backlash against women's rights.§1: source passage in the text It also calls for involving Parliament in shaping the EU position and for supporting UN Women and civil society organisations.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: EPP
- The Left For 38 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 43 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 99 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 59 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP Divided 73 for, 21 against, 29 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 2 for, 61 against, 0 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 55 against, 6 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 21 against, 1 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 8 for, 5 against, 7 abstainedof 28
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
12 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (99 of 102). Abstained: 3
Alex Agius Saliba (Malta), Cecilia Strada (Italy), Daniel Attard (Malta)
ECR voted against (61 of 63). For: 2
Assita Kanko (Belgium), Ivaylo Valchev (Bulgaria)
Patriots voted against (55 of 61). Abstained: 6
Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Nikola Bartůšek (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia)
1 more from Patriots
Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
ESN voted against (21 of 22). Abstained: 1
Ivan David (Czechia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 12 amendments (12 rejected) and 33 parts of the text voted on separately (27 adopted, 6 rejected).