← Votes·2021-10-19

Employment and social policies of the euro area 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 136215Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 2021”. EPP, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (305 for, 335 against, 58 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

305

Against

335

Abstain

Margin of victory

30 votes

Turnout (cast)

698

Absent

Participation rate

99.0%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 30 votes. 7 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (7) was not larger than the 30-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 164Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 13Against 122Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 29Against 71Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 66Abstain 2Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 55Against 8Abstain 4Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 43Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 20Abstain 6Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 5Against 33Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy33
Netherlands17
Sweden17
Czech Republic15
Hungary14

Most against

Germany49
France47
Spain38
Romania18
Belgium16

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 31Against 47Abstain 1Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 49Abstain 1Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 32Abstain 8Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 27Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 18Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 14Against 38Abstain 7Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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