← Votes·2025-03-13

Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights

Social Affairs84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "employment"
title/description contains "workers"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 172887Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights”. 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 comfortable margin (279 for, 313 against, 19 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.

Result analysis

For

279

Against

313

Abstain

Margin of victory

34 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

109

Participation rate

84.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 138Abstain 9Absent 37

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew79 MEPs

For 37Against 29Abstain 2Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 14Against 45Abstain 2Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France33
Italy33
Spain28
Slovakia11
Denmark9

Most against

Germany43
Poland29
Netherlands17
Czech Republic15
Romania13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 33Against 32Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 43Abstain 2Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 27Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 17Against 29Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 13Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 25Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs