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5 Resolutions & reports ·decision 5 of 11 on Thursday, 8 February 2024

The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Motion for a resolution · voted 12:09–12:14

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

Adopted

What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Final vote — text as a whole — decided by show of hands; no counts were recorded.

How the vote unfolded · 35 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 34 parts of the text voted on separately (24 adopted, 8 rejected, 2 lapsed).

Roll call requested by ECR · split votes by PPE (6), ECR (4), ID · separate votes by PPE.

adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

All 35 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point d
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
2. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point h
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point o
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
4. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point o
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
5. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point p requested by PPE, ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
6. Paragraph 1, point p — part 2 12:09 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point p/2 Part 2: ‘SRHR’ without ‘R’ requested by PPE, ECR
Adopted
7. Paragraph 1, point p — part 3 12:09 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point p/3 Part 3: ‘R’ requested by PPE, ECR
Adopted
8. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point q
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
9. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point q
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
10. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point v
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
11. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point w requested by ECR requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
12. Paragraph 1, point w — part 2 12:10 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point w/2 Part 2: ‘SRHR, including age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality and relationship education for all’ requested by ECR requested by PPE
Adopted
13. Paragraph 1, point w — part 3 12:10 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point w/3 Part 3: ‘safe and legal abortion care’ requested by ECR requested by PPE
Adopted
14. Paragraph 1, point w — part 4 12:10 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point w/4 Part 4: ‘other SRHR services as’ requested by ECR requested by PPE
Adopted
15. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point x requested by PPE, ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
16. Paragraph 1, point x — part 2 12:10 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point x/2 Part 2: ‘including by ensuring universal access to SRHR’ without ‘R’ requested by PPE, ECR
Adopted
17. Paragraph 1, point x — part 3 12:11 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point x/3 Part 3: ‘R’ requested by PPE, ECR
Adopted
18. Paragraph 1, point y — part 1 12:11 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point y/1 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and Rights’” requested by PPE requested by ECR
Adopted
19. Paragraph 1, point y — part 2 12:11 B9-0091/2024 – § 1, point y/2 Part 2: “those words” requested by PPE requested by ECR
Adopted
20. Paragraph 1, point cc — part 1 of 3 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘feminist diplomacy in order to implement international agreements pertaining to’ and ‘feminist’” requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
21. Paragraph 1, point cc — part 2 of 3 Part 2: ‘feminist diplomacy in order to implement international agreements pertaining to’ requested by PPE
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
22. Paragraph 1, point cc — part 3 of 3 Part 3: ‘feminist’ requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
23. Paragraph 1, point ee — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘to fully implement the EU Gender Action Plan III and ensure that 85 % of all new actions throughout external relations by 2025 will contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment;’ requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
24. Paragraph 1, point ee — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘to apply the holistic and sustainable approach of a feminist foreign policy in all its external actions and policies;’ requested by PPE
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
25. Separate vote on recital D requested by PPE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
26. Separate vote on recital F requested by ID
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
27. Separate vote on recital F requested by ID
— no individual positions recorded
28. Separate vote on recital F requested by ID
— no individual positions recorded
29. Recital M — part 1 12:13 B9-0091/2024 – Recital M/1 Part 1: ‘whereas it is important to understand the links between poverty and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); whereas poverty together with other practical, legal, financial, cultural and social barriers can both lead to and be a result of inaccessibility of SRHR services for women, including safe and legal abortion and modern contraception;’ without the words ‘and Rights’ (two occurrences) and ‘including safe and legal abortion’ requested by PPE, ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
30. Recital M — part 2 12:13 B9-0091/2024 – Recital M/2 Part 2: ‘and Rights’ (two occurrences) requested by PPE, ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
31. Recital M — part 3 12:14 B9-0091/2024 – Recital M/3 Part 3: ‘including safe and legal abortion’ requested by PPE, ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
32. Recital M — part 4 12:14 B9-0091/2024 – Recital M/4 Part 4: ‘whereas delaying and denying access to safe and legal abortion care constitutes a form of violence against women and girls;’ requested by PPE, ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
33. Recital M — part 5 12:14 B9-0091/2024 – Recital M/5 Part 5: ‘whereas several human rights bodies have asserted that the denial of safe and legal abortion may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment;’ requested by PPE, ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
34. Vote on text inserted after recital U
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
35. Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 8 February 2024. The vote was taken on Motion B-9-2024-0091 in procedure 2023/2973.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
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Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).

Codes in ballot labels

  • Am 27 — amendment 27
  • § 5 — paragraph 5
  • § 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
  • Lapsed —
  • A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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