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Empowering European youth: post-pandemic employment and social recovery

Health65%
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "pandemic"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Health
Social Affairs64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "employment"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Social Affairs
Education64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "youth"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Education
Vote ID 139910Source: official EP roll-call records
73
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Legislative procedure
  • Some political group division
  • High participation
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+8 / 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+0 / 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 “Empowering European youth: post-pandemic employment and social recovery”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (580 for, 57 against, 55 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
580
Against
57
Abstain
55
Margin of victory
523 votes
Turnout (cast)
692
Absent
13
Participation rate
98.2%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 167Against 0Abstain 9Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 131Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3
Renew101 MEPs
For 95Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
PfE67 MEPs
For 8Against 34Abstain 23Absent 2
ECR63 MEPs
For 44Against 10Abstain 8Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 30Against 10Abstain 3Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 34Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany85
  • France55
  • Spain54
  • Poland52
  • Italy51
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 14Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 8Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 55Against 22Abstain 0Absent 2
Germany96 MEPs
For 85Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2
Greece21 MEPs
For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Ireland13 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 51Against 0Abstain 25Absent 0
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 23Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 54Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 8Absent 0

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