Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., EU budget & funds
Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges
Urgent procedure agreed
Parliament agreed to deal with the proposal by urgent procedure, without a committee report first; the vote on the text itself comes later.
On the request for urgent procedure:
- For
- 370
- Against
- 268
- Abstained
- 16
roll-call vote at 13:23 · 57% of votes cast were for the request for urgent procedure
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
How the groups voted
For: Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: The Left, Greens, S&D, ESN
- The Left Against 1 for, 40 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens Against 0 for, 49 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 0 for, 121 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 68 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 164 for, 3 against, 8 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 65 for, 2 against, 7 abstainedof 80
- Patriots For 62 for, 19 against, 0 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 21 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 10 for, 13 against, 1 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
40 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (40 of 41). For: 1
Younous Omarjee (France)
EPP voted for (164 of 175). Against: 3, Abstained: 8
András Tivadar Kulja (Hungary, abstained), David Casa (Malta, against), Dóra Dávid (Hungary, abstained), Eszter Lakos (Hungary, abstained), Gabriella Gerzsenyi (Hungary, abstained)
6 more from EPP
Kinga Kollár (Hungary, abstained), Luděk Niedermayer (Czechia, abstained), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, against), Peter Agius (Malta, against), Péter Magyar (Hungary, abstained), Zoltán Tarr (Hungary, abstained)
ECR voted for (65 of 74). Against: 2, Abstained: 7
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, abstained), Anna Zalewska (Poland, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, abstained), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, abstained), Dick Erixon (Sweden, abstained)
4 more from ECR
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, abstained), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, abstained)
Patriots voted for (62 of 81). Against: 19
Aldo Patriciello (Italy), Anna Maria Cisint (Italy), Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria), Georg Mayer (Austria)
14 more from Patriots
Gerald Hauser (Austria), Harald Vilimsky (Austria), Isabella Tovaglieri (Italy), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands), Paolo Borchia (Italy), Petra Steger (Austria), Rachel Blom (Netherlands), Raffaele Stancanelli (Italy), Roberto Vannacci (Italy), Roman Haider (Austria), Sebastiaan Stöteler (Netherlands), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands), Silvia Sardone (Italy), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands)
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