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European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2024

41 votes in the order they were taken.Links open the , where every MEP’s position is recorded.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 15 amendments (3 adopted, 12 rejected) and 25 parts of the text voted on separately (23 adopted, 2 rejected).

· 15

  1. Vote 1:Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 1 – Am 7

    Rejected 246 for, 320 against, 14 abstained

    17:21

    Roll call requested by S&D

  2. Vote 2:Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 1 – Am 8/1

    Adopted 327 for, 226 against, 29 abstained

    17:21

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    The part voted on

    Text as a whole without the words: ‘through applicable European and national legislative provisions; calls for the housing sector to be included as one of the Social Services of General Interest, and not only social housing, as this is essential to guarantee the right to affordable and decent housing for all; asks the Commission to revise the EU State aid rules to broaden the target group for affordable housing in order to guarantee an adequate supply of affordable housing for all, as well as the following measures: preventing any privatisation of public or social housing that would reduce the capacity of the state to ensure the right to adequate housing, and maintaining a regulatory framework for rented housing that safeguards security of tenure and ensures affordable housing for tenants, including through rent caps, controls or rent freezes where needed; highlights that the EU and Member States should ensure the provision of sufficient, adequate and affordable social housing to cover the housing needs of the three bottom quintiles of society and reduce by half the overburden of housing costs faced by these groups by 2030 and should establish a standard that at least 30 % of all new houses be affordable housing for the lower-income group, and at least 30 % affordable housing for the middle-income group calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce green social housing in their housing investment plans, including social housing sustainability criteria, as well as other aspects such as the provision of care facilities, access to recreational facilities, community centres, parks and green spaces especially in the most deprived areas, as a way to improve residents’ living conditions;’

  3. Vote 3:Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 1 – Am 8/2

    Rejected 232 for, 338 against, 10 abstained

    17:22

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    The part voted on

    ‘through applicable European and national legislative provisions; calls for the housing sector to be included as one of the Social Services of General Interest, and not only social housing, as this is essential to guarantee the right to affordable and decent housing for all; asks the Commission to revise the EU State aid rules to broaden the target group for affordable housing in order to guarantee an adequate supply of affordable housing for all, as well as the following measures: preventing any privatisation of public or social housing that would reduce the capacity of the state to ensure the right to adequate housing, and maintaining a regulatory framework for rented housing that safeguards security of tenure and ensures affordable housing for tenants, including through rent caps, controls or rent freezes where needed;’

  4. Vote 4:Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 3

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 1 – Am 8/3

    Rejected 236 for, 336 against, 8 abstained

    17:22

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    The part voted on

    ‘to cover the housing needs of the three bottom quintiles of society and reduce by half the excessive housing costs faced by these groups by 2030 and should establish a standard that at least 30 % of all new houses be affordable housing for the lower-income group, and at least 30 % affordable housing for the middle-income group; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce green social housing in their housing investment plans, including social housing sustainability criteria, as well as other aspects such as the provision of care facilities, access to recreational facilities, community centres, parks and green spaces especially in the most deprived areas, as a way to improve residents’ living conditions;’

  5. Vote 7:Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 3 – Am 6

    Rejected 120 for, 443 against, 18 abstained

    17:23

    Roll call requested by ID

  6. Vote 8:Amendment 2 to paragraph 4

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 4 – Am 2

    Rejected 221 for, 353 against, 8 abstained

    17:23

    Roll call requested by The Left

  7. Vote 13:Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 — part 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 7 – Am 9/1

    Adopted 306 for, 223 against, 52 abstained

    17:24

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    The part voted on

    Text as a whole without the words: ‘Calls on the Commission to ensure quality jobs and fair working conditions through a revision of the Public Procurement Directive1a to further strengthen the social clause and to introduce social conditionalities and gender equality requirements for European funds and State aid to ensure quality jobs and collective bargaining; considers that this revision should help Member States meet the objective of an 80 % collective bargaining coverage rate as set out in the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive; furthermore’, ‘to present a directive on the anticipation and management of change in order to ensure just transitions, based on collective bargaining and social dialogue, and’ and ‘and an initiative to reduce working time for a better quality of working life’

  8. Vote 14:Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 7 – Am 9/2

    Rejected 266 for, 307 against, 4 abstained

    17:24

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    The part voted on

    ‘Calls on the Commission to ensure quality jobs and fair working conditions through a revision of the Public Procurement Directive1a to further strengthen the social clause and to introduce social conditionalities and gender equality requirements for European funds and State aid to ensure quality jobs and collective bargaining; considers that this revision should help Member States meet the objective of an 80 % collective bargaining coverage rate as set out in the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive; furthermore’

  9. Vote 15:Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 — part 3

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 7 – Am 9/3

    Rejected 233 for, 335 against, 12 abstained

    17:24

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    The part voted on

    ‘to present a directive on the anticipation and management of change in order to ensure just transitions, based on collective bargaining and social dialogue, and’

  10. Vote 16:Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 — part 4

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 7 – Am 9/4

    Rejected 231 for, 341 against, 10 abstained

    17:25

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    ‘and an initiative to reduce working time for a better quality of working life’

  11. Vote 17:Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 8 – Am 10

    Rejected 220 for, 348 against, 12 abstained

    17:25

    Roll call requested by S&D

  12. Vote 20:Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 9 — part 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 9 – Am 11/1

    Adopted 270 for, 265 against, 47 abstained

    17:26

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    Text as a whole without the word: ‘permanent’

  13. Vote 21:Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 9 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – After § 9 – Am 11/2

    Rejected 281 for, 292 against, 8 abstained

    17:26

    Roll call requested by S&D · split vote by Renew

    that word

  14. Vote 28:Amendment 3 to paragraph 12

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 12 – Am 3

    Rejected 134 for, 428 against, 19 abstained

    17:28

    Roll call requested by The Left

  15. Vote 40:Amendment 1 to recital R

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – Recital R – Am 1

    Rejected 78 for, 403 against, 102 abstained

    17:30

    Roll call requested by The Left

· 25

25 votes on parts of the text: 23 adopted, 2 rejected
  1. Vote 5:Paragraph 3 — part 1 of 2

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by ID

    Text as a whole without the words: ‘and third country nationals’

  2. Vote 6:Paragraph 3 — part 2 of 2

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by ID

    those words

  3. Vote 9:Separate vote on paragraph 5

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by EPP

  4. Vote 10:Paragraph 5 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 5/2

    Adopted 295 for, 282 against, 8 abstained

    17:23

    Roll call requested by EPP · split vote by EPP

    those words

  5. Vote 11:Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by ID

    The part voted on

    Text as a whole without the words: ‘underlines the need to strengthen and facilitate the recognition of skills and qualifications in the Union, including of non-EU nationals, who should be integrated into the labour market while further ensuring fair working conditions;’

  6. Vote 12:Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by ID

    those words

  7. Vote 18:Paragraph 9 — part 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 9/1

    Adopted 426 for, 132 against, 22 abstained

    17:25

    Roll call requested by The Left · split vote by The Left

    Text as a whole without the words: ‘while there is a need to reduce public debt within a reasonable time frame as required by Stability and Growth Pact,’

  8. Vote 19:Paragraph 9 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 9/2

    Adopted 390 for, 179 against, 11 abstained

    17:25

    Roll call requested by The Left · split vote by The Left

    those words

  9. Vote 22:Paragraph 10 — part 1 of 2

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by ID

    Text as a whole without the words: ‘the EPSR through their national recovery and resilience plans,’ and ‘migrants, ethnic minorities including Roma,’

  10. Vote 23:Paragraph 10 — part 2 of 2

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by ID

    ‘the EPSR through their national recovery and resilience plans,’

  11. Vote 24:Paragraph 10 — part 3

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 10/3

    Adopted 453 for, 116 against, 15 abstained

    17:27

    Roll call requested by ID · split vote by ID

    ‘migrants, ethnic minorities including Roma,’

  12. Vote 25:Paragraph 11 — part 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 11/1

    Adopted 305 for, 275 against, 4 abstained

    17:27

    Roll call requested by ID · split vote by EPP, ID

    The part voted on

    ‘Calls for the mainstreaming of the EPSR in all relevant EU funds through the introduction of social conditionality in their allocation rules, as part of the Financial Regulation covering the EU general budget;’

  13. Vote 26:Paragraph 11 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 11/2

    Adopted 304 for, 260 against, 12 abstained

    17:27

    Split vote by EPP, ID

    The part voted on

    ‘calls on the Commission to explore a possible revision of the Public Procurement Directive to further strengthen the social clause and to align it with the Union’s upcoming rules on due diligence, while ensuring that benefiting companies and sub-contractors support collective bargaining and respect workers’ rights;’

  14. Vote 27:Separate vote on paragraph 11

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by EPP, ID

  15. Vote 29:Separate vote on paragraph 14

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by EPP

  16. Vote 30:Paragraph 14 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 14/2

    Adopted 307 for, 270 against, 4 abstained

    17:28

    Roll call requested by EPP · split vote by EPP

    those words

  17. Vote 31:Separate vote on paragraph 15

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by EPP

  18. Vote 32:Paragraph 15 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 15/2

    Adopted 291 for, 281 against, 13 abstained

    17:28

    Roll call requested by EPP · split vote by EPP

    ‘calls on the Commission to advance the EU social taxonomy;’

  19. Vote 33:Separate vote on paragraph 16

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by EPP

  20. Vote 34:Paragraph 16 — part 2

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – § 16/2

    Adopted 330 for, 246 against, 6 abstained

    17:29

    Roll call requested by EPP · split vote by EPP

    ‘and calls on the Member States to remove any national legislation that hampers collective bargaining;’

  21. Vote 35:Vote on text inserted after recital C

    Rejected show of hands

  22. Vote 36:Vote on text inserted after recital J

    Rejected show of hands

  23. Vote 37:Recital K — part 1

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – Recital K/1

    Adopted 316 for, 258 against, 9 abstained

    17:29

    Roll call requested by EPP · split vote by EPP

    The part voted on

    ‘whereas the inclusion of a social convergence framework in a revised and more democratic European Semester should foster upward social convergence and should improve the assessment and monitoring of employment and social developments in the Member States and the EU by identifying and addressing risks to upward convergence for Member States in the joint employment report based on the Social Scoreboard headline indicators and through the Commission’s publication of social convergence reports for those Member States identified as facing risks to upward social convergence;’

  24. Vote 38:Separate vote on recital K

    Adopted show of hands

    Split vote by EPP

  25. Vote 39:Separate vote on recital M

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – Recital M

    Adopted 458 for, 107 against, 20 abstained

    17:30

    Roll call requested by The Left

· 1

  1. Vote 41:Final vote — text as a whole · the decisive vote

    A9-0050/2024 – Dragoş Pîslaru – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)

    Rejected 256 for, 262 against, 58 abstained

    17:30

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