← 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 172913Source: 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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “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, PfE, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (278 for, 326 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

278

Against

326

Abstain

Margin of victory

48 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

86.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 18Against 119Abstain 13Absent 35

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 31Against 37Abstain 2Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 62Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany39
Italy34
Spain27
Ireland12
Slovakia12

Most against

Poland46
France35
Netherlands17
Romania14
Czech Republic13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 33Against 35Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 39Abstain 2Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 6Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 27Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 46Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 26Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs