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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap
Adopted by a clear majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 263
- Against
- 83
- Abstained
- 154
roll-call vote at 14:00 · 53% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut · Report A-10-2026-0083
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on advancing towards a care society and addressing the gender care gap.§1: source passage in the text The text calls for reducing inequalities in care, strengthening care systems, and promoting gender equality across the EU.§2: source passage in the text It urges member states to implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and improve working conditions in the care sector.§2: source passage in the text The resolution also asks for recognition of unpaid caregiving in pension systems and better data collection on the gender care gap.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, Renew, EPP; Against: ESN; Abstained: S&D, ECR; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 35 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 45
- Greens For 42 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Abstained 3 for, 4 against, 79 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 41 for, 7 against, 10 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 99 for, 3 against, 12 abstainedof 186
- ECR Abstained 6 for, 10 against, 43 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Divided 26 for, 35 against, 4 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 18 against, 3 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 11 for, 6 against, 3 abstainedof 30
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
58 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D abstained (79 of 86). For: 3, Against: 4
Bruno Gonçalves (Portugal, for), Csaba Molnár (Hungary, against), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Spain, for), Klára Dobrev (Hungary, against), Marc Angel (Luxembourg, against)
2 more from S&D
Maria Grapini (Romania, for), Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Lithuania, against)
Renew voted for (41 of 58). Against: 7, Abstained: 10
Ana Vasconcelos (Portugal, abstained), Andreas Glück (Germany, abstained), Anouk van Brug (Netherlands, against), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands, against), Christine Singer (Germany, against)
12 more from Renew
Engin Eroglu (Germany, abstained), Hilde Vautmans (Belgium, abstained), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany, abstained), Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands, against), Joachim Streit (Germany, against), João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Portugal, abstained), Karin Karlsbro (Sweden, against), Malik Azmani (Netherlands, against), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany, abstained), Moritz Körner (Germany, abstained), Stine Bosse (Denmark, abstained), Svenja Hahn (Germany, abstained)
EPP voted for (99 of 114). Against: 3, Abstained: 12
Ana Miguel Pedro (Portugal, abstained), Andrea Wechsler (Germany, abstained), Angelika Niebler (Germany, abstained), Branko Grims (Slovenia, abstained), David Casa (Malta, abstained)
10 more from EPP
Davor Ivo Stier (Croatia, abstained), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Luděk Niedermayer (Czechia, abstained), Markus Ferber (Germany, abstained), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, against), Matej Tonin (Slovenia, abstained), Milan Zver (Slovenia, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against), Stefan Köhler (Germany, abstained), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia, abstained)
ECR abstained (43 of 59). For: 6, Against: 10
Adrian-George Axinia (Romania, for), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Cristian Terheş (Romania, against)
11 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, for), Gheorghe Piperea (Romania, for), Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, against), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, for), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, for), Waldemar Tomaszewski (Lithuania, for)
ESN voted against (18 of 21). Abstained: 3
Petar Volgin (Bulgaria), Sarah Knafo (France), Stanislav Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected) and 34 parts of the text voted on separately (29 adopted, 5 rejected).