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Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC

Effect
Consent given
Result
495 for · 106 against · 18 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 18:43
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (7)
Margin
by a large majority
Dossier
2022-0401
Source
Committee report by Sirpa Pietikäinen
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
167030
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Result

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Final vote: 495 for, 106 against, 18 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by a large majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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 61Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 38Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 80Against 0Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 3Against 21Abst. 1Majority line AgainstClear line Against
PatriotsFor 3Against 21Abst. 1Majority 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

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Members

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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 draft Council decision A9-0128/2024 – Sirpa Pietikäinen – Draft Council decision Roll call495 for, 106 against, 18 abstained Adopted

Text

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Dossier

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
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European Parliament (2024). “Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 167030, document A-9-2024-0128, reference 2022-0401. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/34 (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-2024-04-10-34,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/34}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/34},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 167030, document A-9-2024-0128, reference 2022-0401. 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)}
}