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Impacts of EU rules on the free movements of workers and services: intra-EU labour mobility as a tool to match labour market needs and skills

Social Affairs84%★
Confidence: 84%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "workers"
  • title/description contains "labour"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Transport64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "mobility"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Education64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "skills"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Internal Market64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "free movement"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 131707Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
81
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Some 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+8 / 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 “Impacts of EU rules on the free movements of workers and services: intra-EU labour mobility as a tool to match labour market needs and skills”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (516 for, 79 against, 99 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
516
Against
79
Abstain
99
Margin of victory
437 votes
Turnout (cast)
694
Absent
11
Participation rate
98.4%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 164Against 0Abstain 11Absent 4
S&D136 MEPs
For 131Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 77Against 12Abstain 12Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE67 MEPs
For 7Against 35Abstain 25Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 3Against 18Abstain 41Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 31Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany76
  • France56
  • Spain55
  • Italy40
  • Romania31
Most against

None.

Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
  • Sweden
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 9Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 76Against 10Abstain 8Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 40Against 0Abstain 34Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 16Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 0Abstain 26Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 9Against 6Abstain 5Absent 1

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