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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 172315Source: 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
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (351 for, 260 against, 70 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

351

Against

260

Abstain

Margin of victory

91 votes

Turnout (cast)

681

Absent

Participation rate

94.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 127Against 6Abstain 42Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 13Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 2Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 4Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 55Against 16Abstain 2Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 35Abstain 6Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 8Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain43
Germany37
Romania23
Netherlands17
Portugal16

Most against

France54
Italy38
Poland26
Czech Republic15
Sweden13

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 54Abstain 6Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 30Abstain 25Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 7Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 38Abstain 1Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 12Abstain 3Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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