← Votes·2021-09-15

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

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 135564Source: 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
✓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 “Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (502 for, 91 against, 94 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

502

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

411 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 173Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 22Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE67 MEPs

For 7Against 57Abstain 2Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 46Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 12Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 17Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France56
Spain48
Italy41
Romania30

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 10Abstain 13Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 24Abstain 8Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 7Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 26Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 6Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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