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European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025
Adopted by a small majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 351
- Against
- 260
- Abstained
- 70
roll-call vote at 12:28 · 52% of votes cast in favour
Committee report · Report A-10-2025-0023
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution setting out its employment and social priorities for the 2025 European Semester, the EU's annual cycle of economic policy coordination.§1: source passage in the text The text calls for modernising labour markets, strengthening social protection, and investing in education and training to address labour shortages and demographic change.§2: source passage in the text It also urges better support for the social economy, small firms, and affordable housing, and stresses the need to fight poverty and social exclusion.§2: source passage in the text The resolution is non-binding, but it becomes Parliament's official position on the matter.
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: The Left, ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left Against 2 for, 35 against, 7 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 46 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 13 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 52 for, 16 against, 2 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 127 for, 6 against, 45 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 0 for, 69 against, 3 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 82 against, 1 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 23 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 4 for, 16 against, 7 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
100 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (35 of 44). For: 2, Abstained: 7
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands, abstained), Elena Kountoura (Greece, abstained), Estrella Galán (Spain, for), Jussi Saramo (Finland, abstained), Konstantinos Arvanitis (Greece, abstained)
4 more from The Left
Li Andersson (Finland, abstained), Merja Kyllönen (Finland, for), Nikolas Farantouris (Greece, abstained), Nikos Pappas (Greece, abstained)
Greens voted for (46 of 50). Abstained: 4
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), David Cormand (France), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
S&D voted for (120 of 133). Against: 13
Chloé Ridel (France), Christophe Clergeau (France), Claire Fita (France), Emma Rafowicz (France), Eric Sargiacomo (France)
8 more from S&D
François Kalfon (France), Jean-Marc Germain (France), Murielle Laurent (France), Nora Mebarek (France), Pierre Jouvet (France), Raphaël Glucksmann (France), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (France), Tonino Picula (Croatia)
Renew voted for (52 of 70). Against: 16, Abstained: 2
Abir Al-Sahlani (Sweden, against), Anouk van Brug (Netherlands, against), Asger Christensen (Denmark, against), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands, against), Christine Singer (Germany, against)
13 more from Renew
Elsi Katainen (Finland, abstained), Emma Wiesner (Sweden, against), Engin Eroglu (Germany, against), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Germany, against), Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands, against), Joachim Streit (Germany, against), Karin Karlsbro (Sweden, against), Katri Kulmuni (Finland, abstained), Malik Azmani (Netherlands, against), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany, against), Moritz Körner (Germany, against), Morten Løkkegaard (Denmark, against), Svenja Hahn (Germany, against)
EPP voted for (127 of 178). Against: 6, Abstained: 45
Alexander Bernhuber (Austria, abstained), Alexandra Mehnert (Germany, abstained), Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary, abstained), Andrea Wechsler (Germany, abstained)
46 more from EPP
Andreas Schwab (Germany, abstained), Angelika Niebler (Germany, abstained), Angelika Winzig (Austria, abstained), Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), Axel Voss (Germany, abstained), Céline Imart (France, abstained), Christian Doleschal (Germany, abstained), Christian Ehler (Germany, against), Christine Schneider (Germany, abstained), Christophe Gomart (France, abstained), Daniel Caspary (Germany, abstained), David Mcallister (Germany, abstained), Dóra Dávid (Hungary, abstained), Eszter Lakos (Hungary, abstained), François-Xavier Bellamy (France, abstained), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary, abstained), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, abstained), Hildegard Bentele (Germany, abstained), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained), Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Kinga Kollár (Hungary, abstained), Laurent Castillo (France, abstained), Lena Düpont (Germany, abstained), Lukas Mandl (Austria, abstained), Marion Walsmann (Germany, abstained), Markus Ferber (Germany, abstained), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, abstained), Monika Hohlmeier (Germany, abstained), Niclas Herbst (Germany, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, abstained), Norbert Lins (Germany, abstained), Oliver Schenk (Germany, abstained), Peter Liese (Germany, abstained), Péter Magyar (Hungary, abstained), Ralf Seekatz (Germany, abstained), Reinhold Lopatka (Austria, abstained), Sabine Verheyen (Germany, abstained), Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Sophia Kircher (Austria, abstained), Stefan Berger (Germany, abstained), Stefan Köhler (Germany, abstained), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against), Verena Mertens (Germany, abstained), Zoltán Tarr (Hungary, abstained)
ECR voted against (69 of 72). Abstained: 3
Fernand Kartheiser (Luxembourg), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (Romania)
Patriots voted against (82 of 83). Abstained: 1
Harald Vilimsky (Austria)
ESN voted against (23 of 24). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 82 parts of the text voted on separately (48 adopted, 34 rejected).