← Votes·2019-10-10

Employment and social policies of the euro area

Social Affairs64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "employment"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 108838Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Employment and social policies of the euro area”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (387 for, 126 against, 79 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

387

Against

126

Abstain

Margin of victory

261 votes

Turnout (cast)

592

Absent

Participation rate

87.3%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 131Against 15Abstain 5Absent 22

S&D132 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 4Absent 14

Renew96 MEPs

For 70Against 11Abstain 4Absent 11

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 5Absent 9

ECR59 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 31Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 15Absent 1

NI43 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 10Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany56
France42
Spain40
Romania26
Poland21

Most against

Italy26
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark13 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

France74 MEPs

For 42Against 23Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 22Abstain 6Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 12Absent 4

Ireland11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 16Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 17Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland51 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 18Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania32 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 5Absent 8

Sweden20 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

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