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Paragraph 21 — part 1

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

Vote: Paragraph 21 — part 1
Decision: No. 11 of the sitting of 28 Apr 2026
Result: 444 for · 152 against · 54 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 28 April 2026, 14:10

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Position: vote 15 of 31 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: S&D · split vote: Members
Official label: A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – § 21/1
Text: Report A-10-2026-0047
Dossier: 2025/2040(INI)
Vote id: 190312

Position: vote 15 of 31 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: S&D · split vote: Members
Official label: A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – § 21/1
Text: Report A-10-2026-0047
Dossier: 2025/2040(INI)
Vote id: 190312

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Result

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Adopted · 68 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘that contribute to the prevalent complex set of beliefs and social norms that encourage male sexual aggression and support violence against women, creating an environment in which sexual violence is normalised and justified through persistent gender inequalities and harmful attitudes about gender and sexuality’”

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Majority line**: the most common position. **Clear line**: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 42	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 122	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 71	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 154	Against 8	Abst. 4	No vote 19 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.89
ECR	For 2	Against 69	Abst. 3	No vote 7 of 81	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.90
Patriots	For 0	Against 39	Abst. 38	No vote 8 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.26
ESN	For 1	Against 25	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
No group	For 8	Against 11	Abst. 9	No vote 2 of 30	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	1–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	0–0–3	0–0–3	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–3–0	1–0–0
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–3–0	0–0–7	0–1–0	0–3–0
Germany	3–0–0	14–0–0	13–0–0	9–0–0	29–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–15–0	2–1–5
Denmark	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	2–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	4–0–0	2–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	17–2–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	3–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	8–0–0	3–0–0	13–0–0	13–0–0	3–1–1	0–4–0	0–2–26	1–0–0	1–0–0
Greece	4–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	3–0–1
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	2–1–1	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	4–0–0	no member voted	0–8–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	3–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–0	4–0–0	17–0–0	1–0–0	7–1–0	0–19–0	0–6–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–1	0–2–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Latvia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	1–0–0	6–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	4–0–0	0–3–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	21–0–0	0–19–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Portugal	2–0–0	no member voted	8–0–0	2–0–0	7–0–0	no member voted	0–1–1	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	no member voted	9–0–0	3–0–0	8–0–0	2–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0
Sweden	2–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	4–1–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–3–3

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

EPP members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.
Austria	5	0	0
Belgium	3	0	0
Bulgaria	5	0	0
Cyprus	2	0	0
Czechia	5	0	0
Germany	29	0	0
Denmark	1	1	0
Estonia	1	1	0
Spain	17	2	0
Finland	3	0	0
France	3	1	1
Greece	6	0	0
Croatia	2	1	1
Hungary	4	0	0
Ireland	4	0	0
Italy	7	1	0
Lithuania	2	0	1
Luxembourg	2	0	0
Latvia	2	0	0
Malta	2	0	0
Netherlands	4	0	0
Poland	21	0	0
Portugal	7	0	0
Romania	8	0	0
Sweden	4	1	0
Slovenia	5	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	1

Members

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No vote recorded, 69

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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Name · group that day · country

Adam JARUBAS group that day: EPP · Poland
Alberico GAMBINO group that day: ECR · Italy
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alex AGIUS SALIBA group that day: S&D · Malta
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
Ana MIRANDA PAZ group that day: Greens · Spain
András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Anna STÜRGKH group that day: Renew · Austria
Annalisa CORRADO group that day: S&D · Italy
Antonella SBERNA group that day: ECR · Italy
Arash SAEIDI group that day: The Left · France
Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Caterina CHINNICI group that day: EPP · Italy
Christine SCHNEIDER group that day: EPP · Germany
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU group that day: EPP · Romania
Dario NARDELLA group that day: S&D · Italy
Davor Ivo STIER group that day: EPP · Croatia
Dennis RADTKE group that day: EPP · Germany
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO group that day: EPP · Spain
Elena YONCHEVA group that day: No group · Bulgaria
Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI group that day: EPP · Greece
Emma WIESNER group that day: Renew · Sweden
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Estelle CEULEMANS group that day: S&D · Belgium
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA group that day: EPP · Spain
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
Hermann TERTSCH group that day: Patriots · Spain
Isabella LÖVIN group that day: Greens · Sweden
Ivars IJABS group that day: Renew · Latvia
Jana NAGYOVÁ group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ group that day: Greens · Spain
Jeannette BALJEU group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Kai TEGETHOFF group that day: Greens · Germany
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN group that day: Greens · Denmark
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Marc BOTENGA group that day: The Left · Belgium
Mario FURORE group that day: The Left · Italy
Mario MANTOVANI group that day: ECR · Italy
Martin GÜNTHER group that day: The Left · Germany
Mārtiņš STAĶIS group that day: Greens · Latvia
Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
Mika AALTOLA group that day: EPP · Finland
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA group that day: EPP · Romania
Mirosława NYKIEL group that day: EPP · Poland
Mohammed CHAHIM group that day: S&D · Netherlands
Mounir SATOURI group that day: Greens · France
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ group that day: Greens · Romania
Nikolina BRNJAC group that day: EPP · Croatia
Nils UŠAKOVS group that day: S&D · Latvia
Pascale PIERA group that day: Patriots · France
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Romana JERKOVIĆ group that day: S&D · Croatia
Ruggero RAZZA group that day: ECR · Italy
Sandro RUOTOLO group that day: S&D · Italy
Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA group that day: ECR · Romania
Stanisław TYSZKA group that day: ESN · Poland
Tamás DEUTSCH group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Thomas BAJADA group that day: S&D · Malta
Tiemo WÖLKEN group that day: S&D · Germany
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/190312
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Paragraph 21 — part 1 — Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU”. Vote, 28 April 2026. votingId 190312, reference 2025/2040(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/190312 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-28/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2026-04-28-190312,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 21 — part 1 — Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/190312}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-04-28/190312},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 190312, reference 2025/2040(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}