← 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 172927Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 adopted by a narrow margin (284 for, 273 against, 57 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

284

Against

273

Abstain

Margin of victory

11 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

106

Participation rate

85.3%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 11 votes. 106 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (106) was larger than the 11-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 34 absent MEPs (margin was 11)
ECRhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 11)
S&Dhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 11)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (16 absent)Italy (15 absent)France (14 absent)

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 35Against 77Abstain 39Absent 34

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 9Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 28Against 38Abstain 2Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 2Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI30 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy34
Spain28
Romania14
Portugal13
Greece12

Most against

Germany42
France37
Poland28
Netherlands15
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 31Against 37Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 42Abstain 0Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 15Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 27Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 28Abstain 20Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 9Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 25Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

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