← Votes·2022-03-10

European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth survey 2022

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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Economy & Finance63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "economic policy"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 140898Source: 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
✓Significant 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+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 “European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth survey 2022”. Renew voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. S&D, Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (97 for, 279 against, 314 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

Against

279

Abstain

314

Margin of victory

182 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 15Against 126Abstain 35Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 127Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 67Against 23Abstain 8Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 65Absent 3

PfE67 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 25Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 0Against 55Abstain 6Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 19Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 26Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland7
Cyprus4
Estonia3
Luxembourg2

Most against

Poland40
France29
Netherlands17
Romania16
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Belgium
Estonia
France
Greece
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 10Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 9Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 5Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 24Against 29Abstain 26Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 48Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 15Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 6Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 64Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 8Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 2Against 40Abstain 8Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 17Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 16Abstain 9Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 10Against 16Abstain 30Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 7Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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