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European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2024

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 166145Source: 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
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 priorities for 2024”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (256 for, 262 against, 58 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

256

Against

262

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

576

Absent

129

Participation rate

81.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 129 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (129) was larger than the 6-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 32 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
S&Dhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Renewhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
ECRhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
NIhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
PfEhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 6)
Greens-EFAhad 11 absent MEPs (margin was 6)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (19 absent)Germany (16 absent)Greece (10 absent)France (9 absent)Romania (9 absent)Hungary (8 absent)Poland (8 absent)Spain (7 absent)

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 11Against 130Abstain 6Absent 32

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 5Abstain 3Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 60Against 20Abstain 2Absent 18

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 16Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 4Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 23Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 3Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Spain30
Italy28
Portugal10
Belgium9

Most against

Germany40
Poland36
Sweden16
Czech Republic14
Netherlands14

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 27Abstain 7Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 34Against 40Abstain 6Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 9Abstain 20Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 36Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 30Against 17Abstain 5Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 1Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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