← Votes·2021-03-10

European Semester: employment and social aspects in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021

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 128424Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “European Semester: employment and social aspects in the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (348 for, 331 against, 16 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

348

Against

331

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 10 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (10) was not larger than the 17-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 10Against 166Abstain 1Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 75Against 21Abstain 5Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 3Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 7Against 55Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 19Abstain 2Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Germany47
Spain41
Italy39
Romania18

Most against

Poland44
Czech Republic17
Netherlands17
Hungary13
Greece12

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 44Abstain 2Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 36Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 44Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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