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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.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament adopted a resolution on a declaration of principles for a gender-equal society, which was annexed to a Commission communication of 7 March 2025. The text welcomes the declaration's overall objectives but regrets that mothers are not better supported and criticises quota systems and affirmative action as unfair. Parliament calls on the Commission and the Council to condemn commercial exploitation of women's bodies, especially surrogacy, and on member states to ensure women's safety and early childhood care.

How the vote unfolded · 6 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (3 rejected). 2 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Roll call requested by ESN · split votes by ESN.

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 6 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 1 13:33 B10-0406/2025 – § 1 – Am 1/1 Part 1: ‘recalls that equality is best understood as fairness of opportunity and respect for individual merit, rather than enforced parity of outcome or discriminatory quotas;’ requested by ESN requested by ESN
Rejected
2. Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 2 13:33 B10-0406/2025 – § 1 – Am 1/2 Part 2: ‘respects the biological distinctions between men and women;’ requested by ESN requested by ESN
Rejected
3. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 13:34 B10-0406/2025 – After § 1 – Am 2 requested by ESN
Rejected
4. Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole) requested by ESN
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
5. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0409/2025
— no individual positions recorded
6. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0410/2025

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 9 October 2025. The vote was taken on Motion B-10-2025-0409 in procedure 2025/2780.

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A sitting
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The ballots
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Who voted how
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Document & procedure
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Group badges
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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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