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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 169898Source: 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+7 / 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 “Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States *”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (444 for, 179 against, 20 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

444

Against

179

Abstain

Margin of victory

265 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 156Against 8Abstain 1Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 5Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 8Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 16Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France44
Spain44
Italy41
Poland25

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 6Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 44Against 32Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 10Abstain 7Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 30Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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