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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 458
- Against
- 72
- Abstained
- 98
roll-call vote at 12:57 · 73% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel · Report A-10-2026-0021
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on the gender pay and pension gap in the EU, covering its causes and ways to close it.§1: source passage in the text The text calls for better tools to value work, pay transparency, stronger enforcement of equal pay laws, and improved care services.§2: source passage in the text It asks the Commission to address these issues in the next Gender Equality Strategy.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ESN; Abstained: ECR; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 42 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 47 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 117 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 61 for, 0 against, 8 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 147 for, 3 against, 12 abstainedof 188
- ECR Abstained 0 for, 14 against, 62 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Divided 25 for, 27 against, 11 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 24 against, 1 abstainedof 28
- No group not a group 19 for, 4 against, 4 abstainedof 31
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
38 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Renew voted for (61 of 69). Abstained: 8
Ana Vasconcelos (Portugal), Anouk van Brug (Netherlands), Asger Christensen (Denmark), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands), Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands)
3 more from Renew
João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Portugal), Malik Azmani (Netherlands), Morten Løkkegaard (Denmark)
EPP voted for (147 of 162). Against: 3, Abstained: 12
Andrea Wechsler (Germany, abstained), Andrey Kovatchev (Bulgaria, abstained), Andrey Novakov (Bulgaria, abstained), Branko Grims (Slovenia, against), David Casa (Malta, abstained)
10 more from EPP
Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Ilia Lazarov (Bulgaria, abstained), Milan Zver (Slovenia, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, abstained), Peter Agius (Malta, abstained), Riho Terras (Estonia, abstained), Romana Tomc (Slovenia, abstained), Tomáš Zdechovský (Czechia, abstained), Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, against), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia, abstained)
ECR abstained (62 of 76). Against: 14
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands), Charlie Weimers (Sweden), Cristian Terheş (Romania), Dick Erixon (Sweden)
9 more from ECR
Guillaume Peltier (France), Jaak Madison (Estonia), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark), Laurence Trochu (France), Maciej Wąsik (Poland), Marion Maréchal (France), Nicolas Bay (France), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland), Waldemar Buda (Poland)
ESN voted against (24 of 25). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 5 parts of the text voted on separately (5 adopted).