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Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation

Effect
Passed
Result
479 for · 116 against · 25 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 18:43
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by a large majority
Dossier
2022-0400
Source
Committee report by Sirpa Pietikäinen, Marc Angel
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
166860
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 479 for, 116 against, 25 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members counted in their current group: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Members’ votes by their current group. Majority: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group’s votes, otherwise Divided.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 13Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 29Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 60Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 39Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 77Against 0Abst. 6Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 1Against 21Abst. 3Majority line AgainstClear line Against
PatriotsFor 0Against 25Abst. 2Majority line AgainstClear line Against
ESNFor 0Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 1Against 0Abst. 4Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained

Voted against their group, 0

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast) of their group — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

The breakdown by country is not available right now.

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0354/2023 – Sirpa Pietikäinen, Marc Angel – Provisional agreement – Am 120 Roll call479 for, 116 against, 25 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0400(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and deleting Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 11 of Directive 2010/41/EU

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 May 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 15 December 2022 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 7 November 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 November 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 January 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 29 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: EMPL · Rapporteurs: Marc ANGEL (S&D), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166860, document A-9-2023-0354, reference 2022-0400. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/19 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-10-19,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/19}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/19},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166860, document A-9-2023-0354, reference 2022-0400. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}