← 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 172889Source: 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (258 for, 284 against, 83 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

258

Against

284

Abstain

Margin of victory

26 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

86.8%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 26 votes. 95 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (95) was larger than the 26-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 31 absent MEPs (margin was 26)

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 1Against 148Abstain 5Absent 31

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 58Absent 9

Renew79 MEPs

For 11Against 51Abstain 8Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 18Against 47Abstain 2Absent 15

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 19Abstain 4Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy33
Spain28
Denmark9
Greece9
Portugal9

Most against

Germany44
Poland24
Netherlands20
Romania15
Bulgaria10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 4Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 24Against 15Abstain 28Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 44Abstain 1Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 9Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 23Abstain 5Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 20Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 21Against 24Abstain 7Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 6Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 25Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

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