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European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 404
- Against
- 208
- Abstained
- 20
roll-call vote at 13:06 · 64% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Nela Riehl · Report A-10-2026-0033
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its resolution on employment and social priorities for the 2026 European Semester, setting out its position on coordinating economic, employment and social policies across the EU.§1: source passage in the text The text calls for stronger integration of social objectives into EU economic governance, with the European Pillar of Social Rights at its core, and for measurable social targets to guide country-specific recommendations.§2: source passage in the text It also urges an ambitious EU anti-poverty strategy, action on child poverty, and investment in people, including education, training and affordable housing, to address labour shortages and support sustainable growth.§2: 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 32 for, 7 against, 4 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 46 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 50 for, 15 against, 4 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 145 for, 9 against, 8 abstainedof 188
- ECR Against 0 for, 77 against, 0 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 0 for, 62 against, 0 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 23 against, 2 abstainedof 28
- No group not a group 11 for, 14 against, 2 abstainedof 31
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
50 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (32 of 43). Against: 7, Abstained: 4
Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus, abstained), Irene Montero (Spain, against), Isabel Serra Sánchez (Spain, against), João Oliveira (Portugal, against), Kathleen Funchion (Ireland, against)
6 more from The Left
Luke Ming Flanagan (Ireland, against), Lynn Boylan (Ireland, against), Marc Botenga (Belgium, abstained), Martin Günther (Germany, abstained), Özlem Demirel (Germany, abstained), Rudi Kennes (Belgium, against)
Greens voted for (46 of 47). Against: 1
Jutta Paulus (Germany)
Renew voted for (50 of 69). Against: 15, Abstained: 4
Abir Al-Sahlani (Sweden, against), Andreas Glück (Germany, against), Anouk van Brug (Netherlands, against), Asger Christensen (Denmark, abstained), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands, against)
14 more from Renew
Christine Singer (Germany, against), 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, abstained), Svenja Hahn (Germany, against)
EPP voted for (145 of 162). Against: 9, Abstained: 8
Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), Branko Grims (Slovenia, abstained), François-Xavier Bellamy (France, abstained), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, against), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained)
12 more from EPP
Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Lukas Mandl (Austria, against), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, abstained), Nadine Morano (France, abstained), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against), Peter Agius (Malta, abstained), Radan Kanev (Bulgaria, abstained), Reinhold Lopatka (Austria, against), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against), Tomáš Zdechovský (Czechia, against), Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, abstained)
ESN voted against (23 of 25). Abstained: 2
Ivan David (Czechia), Petar Volgin (Bulgaria)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 9 amendments (2 adopted, 7 rejected) and 22 parts of the text voted on separately (6 adopted, 16 rejected).