Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands: Parliament gave its opinion on 23 October 2024. The Council takes the final decision.
- ✓ Referred to committee 16 September 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 October 2024
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 October 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 23 October 2024
- 5 Adopted by the Council
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Li ANDERSSON The Left
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Giusi PRINCI PPEKlára DOBREV S&DChiara GEMMA ECRJana TOOM RenewMaria OHISALO Verts/ALE
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The only substantive change is the removal of a paragraph on national taxation in guideline 5. All other changes are formal or wording adjustments, including punctuation, spelling, and rephrasing. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 23 October 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 444 Against 179 Abstained 20
Final vote at 13:51 · 69% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 19 ballots in voting order
1. Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectivelyAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votesAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Amendment 1 — part 2 13:46 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 1/2Adopted4. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votesAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Amendment 5 — part 2 13:46 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 5/2Adopted6. Amendment 10 — part 1 13:46 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 10/1Adopted7. Amendment 10 — part 2 13:47 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 10/2Adopted8. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votesAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Amendment 11 — part 2 13:47 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 11/2Adopted10. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votesAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded11. Amendment 13 — part 2 13:47 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 13/2Adopted12. Amendment 15 13:47 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 15Rejected13. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votesAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded14. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votesAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded15. Amendment 20 to Annex, guideline 6, paragraph 3 — part 1 13:48 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Annex, guideline 6, § 3 – Am 20/1Adopted16. Amendment 20 to Annex, guideline 6, paragraph 3 — part 2 13:48 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Annex, guideline 6, § 3 – Am 20/2Adopted17. Amendment 20 to Annex, guideline 6, paragraph 3 — part 3 13:48 A10–0004/2024 – Li Andersson – Annex, guideline 6, § 3 – Am 20/3AdoptedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.Adopted - 22 October 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 16 October – 20 October 2024 36 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 7 October 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 3 October 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 16 September 2024 Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.