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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Adopted by a clear majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 340
- Against
- 141
- Abstained
- 68
roll-call vote at 12:45 · 62% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Lina Gálvez · Report A-10-2026-0010
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a recommendation setting EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, focusing on access to justice for all women and girls.§2: source passage in the text The text calls on the Council to reaffirm the EU's commitment to gender equality and to ensure women's rights are implemented in EU external action.§3: source passage in the text It also urges support for UN Women and stresses the need for Parliament's involvement in shaping the EU position at the session.§3: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 34 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 41 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 105 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 59 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 93 for, 15 against, 24 abstainedof 192
- ECR Against 2 for, 57 against, 3 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Divided 0 for, 38 against, 28 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 24 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 6 for, 7 against, 10 abstainedof 32
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
47 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (105 of 106). Abstained: 1
Alex Agius Saliba (Malta)
Renew voted for (59 of 61). Abstained: 2
Ana Vasconcelos (Portugal), João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Portugal)
EPP voted for (93 of 132). Against: 15, Abstained: 24
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Antonio López-Istúriz White (Spain, abstained), Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (Poland, abstained), Branko Grims (Slovenia, against), Carmen Crespo Díaz (Spain, abstained)
34 more from EPP
Christophe Gomart (France, against), David Casa (Malta, against), Davor Ivo Stier (Croatia, against), Dolors Montserrat (Spain, abstained), Elena Nevado Del Campo (Spain, abstained), Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Spain, abstained), Francisco José Millán Mon (Spain, abstained), Gabriel Mato (Spain, abstained), Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (Spain, abstained), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained), Javier Zarzalejos (Spain, abstained), Jens Gieseke (Germany, abstained), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (Spain, abstained), Karlo Ressler (Croatia, against), Maravillas Abadía Jover (Spain, abstained), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, against), Matej Tonin (Slovenia, against), Milan Zver (Slovenia, against), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, against), Nadine Morano (France, abstained), Nicolás Pascual De La Parte (Spain, abstained), Pablo Arias Echeverría (Spain, abstained), Paulius Saudargas (Lithuania, against), Peter Agius (Malta, against), Raúl De La Hoz Quintano (Spain, abstained), Reinhold Lopatka (Austria, abstained), Romana Tomc (Slovenia, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Sophia Kircher (Austria, abstained), Sunčana Glavak (Croatia, abstained), Susana Solís Pérez (Spain, abstained), Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, against), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia, against)
ECR voted against (57 of 62). For: 2, Abstained: 3
Assita Kanko (Belgium, for), Geadis Geadi (Cyprus, abstained), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, for), Rihards Kols (Latvia, abstained), Roberts Zīle (Latvia, abstained)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 9 amendments (9 rejected) and 67 parts of the text voted on separately (44 adopted, 23 rejected).