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European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025

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 172215Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+6 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 2025”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (325 for, 294 against, 56 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

325

Against

294

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

675

Absent

Participation rate

93.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 45 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (45) was larger than the 31-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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

EPP185 MEPs

For 9Against 158Abstain 2Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 6Against 23Abstain 49Absent 3

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 13Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Spain30
Romania15
Sweden13
Belgium12

Most against

Poland48
Germany47
Italy36
Netherlands16
Austria10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 10Abstain 30Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 47Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 36Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 48Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 30Against 20Abstain 7Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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