Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Jobs, social affairs & equality
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Passed by a large majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 444
- Against
- 179
- Abstained
- 20
roll-call vote at 13:51 · 69% of votes cast in favour
Committee report · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · Report A-10-2024-0004
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on the proposed Council decision setting guidelines for member states' employment policies.§1: source passage in the text The adopted text approves the Commission proposal as amended, meaning the guidelines will reflect Parliament's requested changes.§1: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly and asks the Council to notify it if departing from the approved text.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 42 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 49 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 119 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 138
- Renew For 60 for, 1 against, 8 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 157 for, 8 against, 3 abstainedof 196
- ECR Against 0 for, 71 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- Patriots Against 1 for, 71 against, 6 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 1 for, 18 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 15 for, 10 against, 0 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
31 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (42 of 44). Abstained: 2
Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus), João Oliveira (Portugal)
S&D voted for (119 of 120). Abstained: 1
Maria Grapini (Romania)
Renew voted for (60 of 69). Against: 1, Abstained: 8
Asger Christensen (Denmark, abstained), Christine Singer (Germany, abstained), Engin Eroglu (Germany, abstained), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany, abstained), Joachim Streit (Germany, abstained)
4 more from Renew
Karin Karlsbro (Sweden, against), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany, abstained), Moritz Körner (Germany, abstained), Svenja Hahn (Germany, abstained)
EPP voted for (157 of 168). Against: 8, Abstained: 3
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Poland, against), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against)
6 more from EPP
Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against)
Patriots voted against (71 of 78). For: 1, Abstained: 6
Filip Turek (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, abstained), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, abstained), Klara Dostalova (Czechia, abstained), Nikola Bartůšek (Czechia, abstained)
2 more from Patriots
Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, abstained), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, abstained)
ESN voted against (18 of 19). For: 1
Petar Volgin (Bulgaria)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 10 amendments (9 adopted, 1 rejected) and 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 lapsed).