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Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges ***I

Vote ID 176091Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

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+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges ***I”. EPP, PfE, ECR and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (370 for, 268 against, 16 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

370

Against

268

Abstain

Margin of victory

102 votes

Turnout (cast)

654

Absent

Participation rate

90.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 161Against 3Abstain 8Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 120Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 60Against 17Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 2Abstain 7Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 39Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France51
Poland43
Spain29
Romania18
Czech Republic12

Most against

Germany49
Italy40
Netherlands16
Austria13
Greece13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 51Against 21Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 49Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0

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