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Adequate minimum wages in the European Union

Social Affairs64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "minimum wage"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147342Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some 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+10 / 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 “Adequate minimum wages in the European Union”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 92 against, 44 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

505

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

413 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

91.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 7Abstain 3Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 9Abstain 9Absent 8

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 22Against 32Abstain 4Absent 9

ECR63 MEPs

For 10Against 22Abstain 21Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 7Abstain 2Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France57
Italy55
Spain53
Romania29

Most against

Sweden16
Denmark9

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 57Against 20Abstain 0Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 12Abstain 7Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 1Abstain 1Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 18Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

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