← Votes·2020-10-22

Employment and social policies of the euro area 2020

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 123177Source: 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
✓Some 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+10 / 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 2020”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (466 for, 189 against, 32 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

466

Against

189

Abstain

Margin of victory

277 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 18Abstain 7Absent 4

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 73Against 13Abstain 13Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 64Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 56Abstain 3Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 24Abstain 2Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France55
Spain55
Romania31
Portugal19

Most against

Italy49
Poland26
Hungary14
Czech Republic11
Bulgaria8

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Poland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 7Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 22Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 12Abstain 5Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 20Against 49Abstain 5Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 26Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

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