Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - Belgium

Passed by an overwhelming majority

The budget decision was approved.

For: 586
Against: 48
Abstained: 16

roll-call vote at 14:32 · 90% of votes cast in favour

Committee report by Matthias Ecke · Report A-10-2026-0084

AI:What this decision does

Parliament approved the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers to support workers made redundant by the bankruptcy of Liberty in Belgium.§1: source passage in the text The decision releases EU money for tailored measures such as training, guidance and job-search help for the affected workers.§1: source passage in the text Parliament agreed with the Commission that Belgium meets the conditions for the support.§1: source passage in the text

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How the groups voted

For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: ESN

The Left For 44 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 46
Greens For 44 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 54
S&D For 121 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 135
Renew For 63 for, 2 against, 1 abstainedof 77
EPP For 161 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 188
ECR For 65 for, 10 against, 6 abstainedof 81
Patriots For 61 for, 11 against, 3 abstainedof 86
ESN Against 3 for, 20 against, 4 abstainedof 27
No group not a group 24 for, 2 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

44 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).

Greens voted for (44 of 45). Against: 1

Reinier van Lanschot (Netherlands)
S&D voted for (121 of 122). Abstained: 1

Carla Tavares (Portugal)
Renew voted for (63 of 66). Against: 2, Abstained: 1

Engin Eroglu (Germany, against), Joachim Streit (Germany, against), Urmas Paet (Estonia, abstained)
EPP voted for (161 of 163). Against: 2

Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden), Nina Carberry (Ireland)
ECR voted for (65 of 81). Against: 10, Abstained: 6

Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, against), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against)

11 more from ECR

Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, abstained), Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, abstained), Marion Maréchal (France, abstained), Nicolas Bay (France, abstained), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, against)
Patriots voted for (61 of 75). Against: 11, Abstained: 3

Anna Bryłka (Poland, against), Auke Zijlstra (Netherlands, against), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, abstained), Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Poland, against), Gerald Hauser (Austria, abstained)

9 more from Patriots

Harald Vilimsky (Austria, abstained), Majbritt Birkholm (Denmark, against), Marieke Ehlers (Netherlands, against), Mieke Andriese (Netherlands, against), Petra Steger (Austria, against), Rachel Blom (Netherlands, against), Sebastian Kruis (Netherlands, against), Tomasz Buczek (Poland, against), Ton Diepeveen (Netherlands, against)
ESN voted against (20 of 27). For: 3, Abstained: 4

Hans Neuhoff (Germany, for), Milan Mazurek (Slovakia, abstained), Milan Uhrík (Slovakia, abstained), Petras Gražulis (Lithuania, abstained), Roberto Vannacci (Italy, abstained)

2 more from ESN

Sarah Knafo (France, for), Volker Schnurrbusch (Germany, for)

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