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Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights
Negotiating mandate approved
Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.
On the decision to open negotiations with the Council:
- For
- 300
- Against
- 254
- Abstained
- 21
roll-call vote at 12:11 · 52% of votes cast were for the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Committee report · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2024-0029
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law updating the rules on European Works Councils, which inform and consult employees on transnational issues.§1: source passage in the text The position aims to bring older agreements into the directive's scope and to improve enforcement of information and consultation rights.§2: source passage in the text Parliament's position will now be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, and national parliaments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D; Against: EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: Renew
- The Left For 41 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 46 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 113 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew Divided 24 for, 22 against, 15 abstainedof 78
- EPP Against 39 for, 99 against, 3 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 15 for, 45 against, 1 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 2 for, 65 against, 0 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 3 for, 18 against, 1 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 17 for, 5 against, 1 abstainedof 28
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
64 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
EPP voted against (99 of 141). For: 39, Abstained: 3
András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary, for), Andreas Schwab (Germany, abstained), Andrey Kovatchev (Bulgaria, for), Daniel Buda (Romania, for), David Casa (Malta, for)
37 more from EPP
Davor Ivo Stier (Croatia, for), Dennis Radtke (Germany, for), Dimitris Tsiodras (Greece, for), Dirk Gotink (Netherlands, for), Dóra Dávid (Hungary, for), Eleonora Meleti (Greece, for), Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (Poland, for), Emmanouil Kefalogiannis (Greece, for), Eva Maydell (Bulgaria, for), Fredis Beleris (Greece, for), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary, for), Gheorghe Falcă (Romania, for), Hélder Sousa Silva (Portugal, for), Hildegard Bentele (Germany, for), Ingeborg ter Laak (Netherlands, for), Isabel Wiseler-Lima (Luxembourg, for), Jeroen Lenaers (Netherlands, for), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, for), Lídia Pereira (Portugal, for), Liudas Mažylis (Lithuania, for), Maria Walsh (Ireland, for), Martine Kemp (Luxembourg, for), Michalis Hadjipantela (Cyprus, for), Niclas Herbst (Germany, abstained), Niels Geuking (Germany, for), Pascal Arimont (Belgium, abstained), Paulius Saudargas (Lithuania, for), Paulo Cunha (Portugal, for), Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral (Portugal, for), Peter Liese (Germany, for), Sander Smit (Netherlands, for), Sebastião Bugalho (Portugal, for), Sérgio Humberto (Portugal, for), Sunčana Glavak (Croatia, for), Tom Berendsen (Netherlands, for), Virgil-Daniel Popescu (Romania, for), Wouter Beke (Belgium, for)
ECR voted against (45 of 61). For: 15, Abstained: 1
Anna Zalewska (Poland, abstained), Arkadiusz Mularczyk (Poland, for), Beata Szydło (Poland, for), Bogdan Rzońca (Poland, for), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, for)
11 more from ECR
Jacek Ozdoba (Poland, for), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (Poland, for), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (Poland, for), Kosma Złotowski (Poland, for), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, for), Małgorzata Gosiewska (Poland, for), Mariusz Kamiński (Poland, for), Marlena Maląg (Poland, for), Patryk Jaki (Poland, for), Piotr Müller (Poland, for), Waldemar Buda (Poland, for)
Patriots voted against (65 of 67). For: 2
Barbara Bonte (Belgium), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium)
ESN voted against (18 of 22). For: 3, Abstained: 1
Ivan David (Czechia, abstained), Petar Volgin (Bulgaria, for), Petras Gražulis (Lithuania, for), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary, for)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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