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European Social Fund Plus post-2027
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 432
- Against
- 155
- Abstained
- 82
roll-call vote at 13:00 · 65% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Marit Maij · Report A-10-2025-0014
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on the future of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) after 2027.§1: source passage in the text The text sets out Parliament's position on how the fund should be shaped, including a call to double its budget.§2: source passage in the text It asks the Commission to keep the ESF+ as a standalone fund and not merge or split it with other funds.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR
- The Left For 43 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 44 for, 0 against, 6 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 130 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 53 for, 13 against, 4 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 148 for, 14 against, 6 abstainedof 193
- ECR Abstained 2 for, 20 against, 52 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 83 against, 1 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 22 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 12 for, 2 against, 12 abstainedof 29
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
68 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted for (44 of 50). Abstained: 6
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain), Marie Toussaint (France), Sergey Lagodinsky (Germany)
1 more from Greens
Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
S&D voted for (130 of 131). Against: 1
Lucia Annunziata (Italy)
Renew voted for (53 of 70). Against: 13, Abstained: 4
Abir Al-Sahlani (Sweden, against), Anouk van Brug (Netherlands, against), Asger Christensen (Denmark, against), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands, against), Christine Singer (Germany, abstained)
12 more from Renew
Emma Wiesner (Sweden, against), Engin Eroglu (Germany, abstained), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany, against), Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands, against), Joachim Streit (Germany, abstained), Karin Karlsbro (Sweden, against), Malik Azmani (Netherlands, against), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany, against), Moritz Körner (Germany, against), Morten Løkkegaard (Denmark, against), Svenja Hahn (Germany, against), Urmas Paet (Estonia, abstained)
EPP voted for (148 of 168). Against: 14, Abstained: 6
Alexander Bernhuber (Austria, against), Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Angelika Winzig (Austria, against), Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), Christophe Gomart (France, abstained)
15 more from EPP
Dirk Gotink (Netherlands, abstained), François-Xavier Bellamy (France, abstained), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Iuliu Winkler (Romania, abstained), Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, against), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Loránt Vincze (Romania, abstained), Lukas Mandl (Austria, against), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against), Reinhold Lopatka (Austria, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, against), Sophia Kircher (Austria, against), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against)
ECR abstained (52 of 74). For: 2, Against: 20
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, against), Assita Kanko (Belgium, against), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against)
17 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Gheorghe Piperea (Romania, for), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium, against), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, against), Pietro Fiocchi (Italy, for), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against), Stephen Nikola Bartulica (Croatia, against), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, against), Waldemar Buda (Poland, against)
Patriots voted against (83 of 84). Abstained: 1
Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
ESN voted against (22 of 23). Abstained: 1
Petar Volgin (Bulgaria)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 11 parts of the text voted on separately (9 adopted, 2 rejected).