← Votes·2025-09-10

European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges ***I

Vote ID 178702Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

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

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges ***I”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (453 for, 149 against, 59 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

453

Against

149

Abstain

Margin of victory

304 votes

Turnout (cast)

661

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 165Against 1Abstain 6Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 9Abstain 14Absent 9

PfE82 MEPs

For 30Against 40Abstain 8Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 3Abstain 5Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 56Against 2Abstain 11Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 24Against 11Abstain 13Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 22Abstain 2Absent 0

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France54
Germany53
Italy49
Poland43
Spain42

Most against

Hungary13
Sweden9
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Greece
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 7Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 54Against 9Abstain 14Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 26Abstain 12Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 6Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 18Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 5Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 13Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 6Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…