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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 172249Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+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 “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, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (317 for, 343 against, 8 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

317

Against

343

Abstain

Margin of victory

26 votes

Turnout (cast)

668

Absent

Participation rate

92.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 26 votes. 52 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (52) was larger than the 26-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 21Against 145Abstain 4Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 77Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 57Against 16Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 4Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI30 MEPs

For 20Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain29
Belgium13
Romania13
Portugal12
Slovakia12

Most against

Germany49
France39
Italy36
Poland29
Czech Republic17

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 39Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 49Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 36Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 29Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 11Abstain 4Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 28Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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