← Votes·2022-10-18

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 148964Source: 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
✓Some 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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (333 for, 253 against, 52 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

333

Against

253

Abstain

Margin of victory

80 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

91.7%

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

By political group

EPP176 MEPs

For 18Against 127Abstain 17Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 19Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR62 MEPs

For 1Against 51Abstain 5Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 0Against 54Abstain 2Absent 9

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 17Abstain 1Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Germany44
Spain40
Romania18
Portugal15

Most against

Poland37
Italy33
Czech Republic11
Hungary10
Bulgaria8

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 27Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 35Abstain 7Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 4Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy67 MEPs

For 28Against 33Abstain 1Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 8Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 37Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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